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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Having been part of the 1970s running boom, I thought there was nothing left to say about Nike, Bill Bowerman, Steve Prefontaine, and the movement they led. I was wrong. Phil Knight has written a splendid book about the ups and downs of starting Nike and keeping it alive when it might have died many times.

A great memoir is a story you can't put down, with characters you identify with deeply, with an outcome that is satisfying. This book is all of that and more. Knight writes with the imagination of a novelist who has lived an astonishing life. He freely admits his mistakes, his foibles, his good luck, but the reader will remember his brilliance, his tenacity, and his dream. This book is so much better than I imagined, whether you are a runner or not.


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