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You Ought To Do a Story About Me - Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Hardcover)
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You Ought To Do a Story About Me - Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Hardcover)
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"This masterpiece of dogged and loving reporting will astonish you
and touch your heart. The struggles and quest for redemption of
football star Jackie Wallace make for a fall-from-grace tale that's
both unsettling and uplifting."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve
Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci The heartbreaking, timeless, and
redemptive story of the transformative friendship binding a
fallen-from-grace NFL player and a Pulitzer Prize-winning
photojournalist who meet on the streets of New Orleans, offering a
rare glimpse into the precarious world of homelessness and the
lingering impact of systemic racism and poverty on the lives of
NOLA's citizens. In 1990, while covering a story about homelessness
for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Ted Jackson encountered a drug
addict sleeping under a bridge. After snapping a photo, Jackson
woke the man. Pointing to the daily newspaper by his feet, the
homeless stranger looked the photojournalist in the eye and said,
"You ought to do a story about me." When Ted asked why, he was
stunned by the answer. "Because, I've played in three Super Bowls."
That chance meeting was the start of Ted's thirty-year relationship
with Jackie Wallace, a former NFL star who rose to the pinnacle of
fame and fortune, only to crash and lose it all. Getting to know
Jackie, Ted learned the details of his life, and how he spiraled
into the "vortex of darkness" that left him addicted and living on
the streets of New Orleans. Ted chronicles Jackie's life from his
teenage years in New Orleans through college and the NFL to the end
of his pro career and the untimely death of his mother--devastating
events that led him into addiction and homelessness. Throughout,
Ted pays tribute to the enduring friendship he shares with this man
he has come to know and also look at as an inspiration. But Ted is
not naive; he speaks frankly about the vulnerability of such a
relationship: Can a man like Jackie recover, or is he destined to
roam the streets until his end? Tragic and triumphant, inspiring
and unexpected, You Ought to Do a Story About Me offers a rare
glimpse into the precarious world of homelessness and the lingering
impact of systemic racism and poverty on the lives of NOLA's
citizens. Lyrical and evocative, Ted's account is pure, singular,
and ambitious--a timeless tale about loss, redemption, and hope in
their multifarious forms. "This book will melt your heart. The
story of Jackie Wallace is an unforgettable tale of hope, grace,
and the miracle of the human spirit. Ted Jackson writes with
searing honesty and deep love for a troubled man who started as his
subject and became his lifelong friend."--Jonathan Eig, bestselling
author of Ali: A Life and Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou
Gehrig
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