The Secret of Innter Strength: My Story [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Norris, Chuck; Hyams, Joe

Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988

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As new condition textured blue boards with gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Prologue; Chuck Norris's Code of Ethics; Chuck Norris Tournament History; and Chuck Norris Films. "After reading Chuck Norris's remarkable autobiography I know why he is and deserves to be a genuine folk hero." - Roger Moore "As a former student and fan of Chuck's for years, I found his superbly written autobiography as exciting and inspirational as he is." - Priscilla Presley "Meeting Chuck Norris changed my life, and reading his fascinating autobiography might change yours." - Bob Barker "From world-champion athlete to world-famous movie star, Chuck Norris has had one strategy for success. It is The Secret of Inner Strength, which he reveals in his amazing life story. As Chuck recalls his poor, troubled Oklahoma childhood, "I was the shy kid who never excelled at anything, and I was never a natural athlete." But when he became a student of karate during his Air Force service in Korea, Chuck reached a major turning point. The martial arts, he learned, built mental as well as physical fitness. Although he failed his first black-belt test, he continued to work at it an he learned a valuable lesson: "The fact that for the first time in my life I had stuck with something and not given up led to confidence. And confidence is a stage of inner strength." When Chuck returned to the States, he had earned his black belt, and he went on to win six consecutive world karate championships. In [the book], he vividly recounts those exciting international tournaments and details the training techniques and winning strategies that enabled him to become and remain a champion. Utilizing the same positive force he had brought to the martial-arts arena, Chuck then launched a dynamic acting career that has made him Hollywood's number-one action-adventure hero. He takes us behind the scenes of his films, with revealing accounts of his movie-making experiences, beginning with his first supporting role in Bruce Lee's Return of the Dragon and including his starring in such box-office hits as Code of Silence, Lone Wolf McQuade, The Delta Force, Invasion USA - and his three blockbuster Missing in Action films. Under the tough-guy on-screen image, Chuck is also a devoted family man, an outspoken patriot, and a conscientious teacher. He relates entertaining stories about some of the celebrities who were his karate students and his personal friends - Steve McQueen, Priscilla Presley, the Osmond family, Bob Barker - showing them and his own hard-work ethic in a new light. For Chuck, the secret of inner strength has always been the basis of his phenomenal success. Here for the first time he reveals his eighteen-point system of psychological self-improvement and his personal philosophy, which have enabled him to transform his own life, and which he now shares for the benefit of others. Truly a self-made man, Chuck has written a fascinating and revealing autobiography that will inspire others to achieve success and personal fulfillment in any field.". Seller Inventory # 001344

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Secret of Innter Strength: My Story [...

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition