About this title: The bestselling author "Black Hawk Down" writes the remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants--considered by many to be the greatest football game ever played.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
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Description: 087113988x. 2008 First Edition Hardback. Fine Condition in a Fine Dust Jacket. As New! Clean book with solid binding and No previous owner's marks.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 279 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2008-05-05
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: New. On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts met under the lights of Yankee Stadium for that season's NFL Championship game. Football, growing in popularity amid America's post-war economic boom, was still greatly over-shadowed by the country's favored pastime — baseball — but the 1958 championship proved to be the turning point for pro football. On the field and roaming the sidelines were seventeen future Hall of Famers, including Colts stars Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802144126ISBN:0802144128
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
Date Published: 2009-04-14
ISBN-13:9780802144126ISBN:0802144128
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780802144126. read more
Binding: book Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 279 pages. 8.50 x 6.00 x 1.00 in. 16.0 oz. Mark Bowden, bestselling author of BLACK HAWK DOWN, vividly brings to life the glorious 1958 National Football League championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. The game received the largest television rating for a football game, and was pivotal in the massive growth of the sport's popularity. Bowden writes about the historical context of the game, and also ... read more
Edition: First Edition {First Printing}
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "In the years to come, when our children's children are listening to stories about football, they'll be told about the greatest game ever played-the one between the Giants and Colts for the 1958 NF: Championship. They'll be told of heroics the like of which had never been seen....What transpired on the sacred sod of Yankee Stadium had the weird and wondrous quality of a Grimm fairy tale. " {Gene Ward, New York Daily News, December 29, 1958}. This book ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Date Published: 2008-05-05
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780871139887. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780871139887ISBN:087113988X
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. With CD! Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Good book. The part of it that deals with Raymond Berry is by far the best. A lot of new info on this wonderful receiver. The material on Unitas isn't bad either. ;-)"
"This is a great book even if you know nothing about football or outright hate the game.
The author does a wonderful job of telling the story of a history-making contest. He liberally sprinkles the story with tidbits that surprise the listener -- little things that stay with you.
I never heard of Raymond Barry before but the fact that he only fumbled once in 13 years of pro-play is extraordinary.
I didn't realize Landry and Lombardi were coaches for the same team! Who knew? Two legendary men working for the same team --- and they LOST ?!?!? In a sudden death overtime??? And the TV broadcast almost lost the last play??? What are the odds?
I hope the Mr. Bowden has more sports stories to tell."
"This book is nothing extraordinary. It starts out with a basic thesis: The 1958 NFL Championship Game was the perfect game at the perfect time to launch the NFL into greater prominence and, eventually, into the status it enjoys today as America's most popular sport.
Bowden is a gifted narrator and he deftly tells the story of the epic title matchup splicing in excellent vignettes about the men whose genius (and in some cases we may say madness) made that game of games possible.
This is a quick read. Not a ton of new information but the story is crisp and pleasing to read."
"For a specific audience to be sure, the book offers an entertaining, if quick, recap of the game and how these particular teams were put together. However the book does little to tie this game to the birth of the modern NFL as the title suggests."
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