When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi - Softcover

Maraniss, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684870185 ISBN 13: 9780684870182

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 2000

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Críticas:

"An astonishingly good book. . . . A triumph, a classic American biography."--Robert W. Creamer "The Washington Post Book World "

"A superb book, one of the best on football that we have."--Michael Oriard "The Philadelphia Inquirer "

"A masterly biography. . . . A finely crafted, multifaceted portrait of a life driven by obsession."--Tim Long "The Miami Herald "

"Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published."--Ron Fimrite "Sports Illustrated "

"A monumental biography."--Michael Bauman "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "

"Both the reach of the research and the grasp of Lombardi's character are impressive. It is a wonderful work."--Lester Munson "Chicago Tribune "

"It is simply a superb biography."--Bill Brashler "Chicago Sun-Times "

Reseña del editor:

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning. In When Pride Still Mattered, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss captures the myth and the man, football, God, and country in a thrilling biography destined to become an American classic.

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• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684870185
• ISBN 13: 9780684870182
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 568