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The Last Cowboy 8211 A Life Of Tom L
Mark Ribowsky
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Description for The Last Cowboy 8211 A Life Of Tom L
Paperback. An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius. Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013" Num Pages: 736 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 690.
As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for twenty-nine years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the ... Read more
As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for twenty-nine years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871408549
SKU
V9780871408549
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About Mark Ribowsky
Mark Ribowsky is a New York Times acclaimed, best-selling author of fifteen books, including biographies of Tom Landry, Al Davis, Hank Williams, and most recently, In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty. He lives in Florida.lorida.
Reviews for The Last Cowboy 8211 A Life Of Tom L
"[Ribowsky] recounts Landry’s life honestly, avoiding both distortion and hagiography while portraying a stoic, flawed man of honor…. A triumph of extensive research and interviews. It will be welcomed by all football fans."
Library Journal, starred review "A meaty biography of one of the NFL’s legendary coaches…. [Ribowsky] provides as complete a picture of ‘God’s Coach’ as we’re likely ... Read more
Library Journal, starred review "A meaty biography of one of the NFL’s legendary coaches…. [Ribowsky] provides as complete a picture of ‘God’s Coach’ as we’re likely ... Read more