“An elegiac however exuberant fresh memoir” (The New York Times Book Review)-Expenses Walton’s NY Times bestselling memoir about his recovery from debilitating physical damage and how lessons from John Wooden at UCLA (as well as the music of the Grateful Deceased) have motivated his darkest hours.

In February 2008, Bill Walton suffered a vertebral collapse so disastrous he was struggling to get up. It had been the culmination of an eternity of injury. Although Walton acquired played fourteen periods in the NBA, he actually about Back In the Dead missed more video games than he played during those years due to injury. From the time of his spinal collapse until his eventual recovery, he spent the majority of three years flat on the ground. The discomfort was excruciating, and he believed seriously about eliminating himself. But he survived, and Back from the Deceased is the tale of his damage and recovery, set in the context of his amazing athletic career.

Walton grew up in southern California in the 1950s and was deeply influenced from the political and cultural upheavals of the 1960s. Although Walton discovered strongly using the counterculture, especially in music, the greatest influence on him outside his family was Coach John Wooden, a thoughtful, precise mentor who appeared immune towards the turmoil of the days. The two men would speak every day for forty-three years until Wooden’s death at age ninety-nine.

John Wooden once said that no greatness ever came without sacrifice. In this “frequently stirring memoir…Walton’s like for life and the people and factors in it-including his university coach, John Wooden-is infectious. You can’t stop reading, or rooting for the person” (Publishers Weekly). Back from the Dead stocks his dramatic story, including his golf ball and broadcasting professions, his many setbacks and rebounds, and his supreme triumph as the toughest of champions. “[Walton] scores another basket-a deeply personal one.” (Kirkus Testimonials)