A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition (Legends of the Condor Heroes, 1) Allegra Goodman and Gregory Pardlo

and Gregory Pardlo

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the remarkable true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany

A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition (Legends of the Condor Heroes, 1) Allegra Goodman and Gregory PardloNow in English for the first time! Set in ancient China, in a world where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds, an unlikely hero is born in the first book in the epic Legends of the Condor Heroes by the critically acclaimed master of the genre, Jin Yong. After his fathera devoted Song patriotis murdered by the Jin empire, Guo Jing and his mother flee to the plains of Ghengis Khan and his