I Beat the Odds_ From Homelessness, to the Blind Side, and Beyond - Michael Oher [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
CHAPTER ONE - Begging and Bumming: Life in Hurt Village
CHAPTER TWO - Life at Home
CHAPTER THREE - The Day They Took Me Away
CHAPTER FOUR - Life in the System
CHAPTER FIVE - Running Back
CHAPTER SIX - Escape from St. Joseph's
CHAPTER SEVEN - "Home" Again
CHAPTER EIGHT - MJ and Me
CHAPTER NINE - Big Tony and Steve
CHAPTER TEN - The Road to Briarcrest
CHAPTER ELEVEN - High School
CHAPTER TWELVE - Finding a Family
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Finding Football
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Miss Sue
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Rebel with a Cause
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - The Draft
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - On Raven's Wings
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - The Blind Side
CHAPTER NINETEEN - A Different Kind of Fan Mail
CHAPTER TWENTY - Breaking the Cycle
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Ways to Get Involved
Acknowledgements
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Oher, Michael.
I beat the odds : from homelessness, to the blind side, and beyond / by Michael Oher, with Don Yaeger.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-50130-6
1. Oher, Michael. 2. Football players--United States--Biography. 3. University of Mississippi--Football. 4. Baltimore Ravens (Football team) I. Yaeger, Don. II. Title.
GV939.044A3 2011
796.332092--dc22
[B] 2010045531
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