--- product_id: 565334663 title: "The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson" price: "VT658" currency: VUV in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/565334663-the-last-folk-hero-the-life-and-myth-of-bo store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson **Price:** VT658 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson - **How much does it cost?** VT658 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/565334663-the-last-folk-hero-the-life-and-myth-of-bo) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime —the source for HBO’s Winning Time— the definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson. From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched. Video game makers turned him into an invincible character—and they were dead-on. He climbed (and walked across) walls, splintered baseball bats over his knee, turned oncoming tacklers into ground meat. He became the first person to simultaneously star in two major professional sports, and overtook Michael Jordan as America’s most recognizable pitchman. He was on our televisions, in our magazines, plastered across billboards. He was half man, half myth. Then, almost overnight, he was gone. He was Bo Jackson. Drawing on an astonishing 720 original interviews, New York Times bestselling sportswriter Jeff Pearlman captures as never before the elusive truth about Jackson, Auburn University’s transcendent Heisman Trophy winner, superstar of both the NFL and Major League Baseball and ubiquitous “Bo Knows” Nike pitchman. Did Bo really jump over a parked Volkswagen? (Yes.) Did he actually run a 4.13 40? (Yes.) During the 1991 flight that nearly killed every member of the Chicago White Sox, was he in the cockpit trying to help? (Oddly, yes. Or no. Or … maybe.) Bo Jackson isn’t Jim Thorpe. He’s not Deion Sanders, either. No, Bo Jackson is Paul Bunyan. The Last Folk Hero is the true tale of Bo Jackson that only “master storyteller” (NPR.org) Jeff Pearlman could tell. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. Review: Excellent writing and research - This is a light yet very engaging read. I grew up during the “Bo Knows” period and found many details I didn’t know. The research is excellent and the writing is great. Jeff Pearlman truly captured the essence of this unfortunately brief period in sports history. It’s accessible and captivating for all audiences. Review: Great Book and Excellent Service - An excellent book, shipping was fast and book arrived in new condition. ## Images ![The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Ml2qCZ0sL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent writing and research *by A***Y on May 2, 2026* This is a light yet very engaging read. I grew up during the “Bo Knows” period and found many details I didn’t know. The research is excellent and the writing is great. Jeff Pearlman truly captured the essence of this unfortunately brief period in sports history. It’s accessible and captivating for all audiences. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book and Excellent Service *by C***U on January 24, 2026* An excellent book, shipping was fast and book arrived in new condition. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Now you know Bo *by A***N on September 24, 2023* Growing up near(ish) Kansas City, and falling in love with the Royals at a very early age (they were good back then!), Bo Jackson was my hero. I saw the man do superhuman things that I wouldn't believe if they didn't happen right in front of my very eyes. The title "last folk hero," as it pertains to Bo, was coined by Joe Posnanski (who I wish had written the book); it means Bo was the last major phenomenon before the YouTube era with tall tales that no one is sure are true or not. And there are some amazing stories here, and many you haven't heard before. I knocked off a star because Pearlman's writing is too cutesy and gimmicky to suit me, and because the editing of the first edition was awful - so many typos and grammatical errors, including a reference to "George C. Patton" (obviously General cGeorge S. Patton, who was played by George C. Scott). I will say, though, that Pearlman did a fantastic job carrying through this project even though its (very complex) subject declined to be interviewed. If you're a Bo fan, and/or want to know more about this enigma, or have been asking "what could have been" since THAT game in January 1991, ignore my nitpicks and buy this book. As reclusive as Bo is now, this is the most definitive biography of him that we're likely to see. 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