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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardiby David Maraniss
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Review:"An astonishingly good book....A triumph, a classic American biography." The Washington Post Book World Review:"Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published." Sports Illustrated Review:"A superb book, one of the best on football that we have." The Philadelphia Inquirer Review:"A monumental biography." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Review:"A masterly biography....A finely crafted, multifaceted portrait of a life driven by obsession." The Miami Herald Review:"Both the reach of the research and the grasp of Lombardi's character are impressive. It is a wonderful work." Chicago Tribune Review:"It is simply a superb biography." Chicago Sun-Times About the AuthorDavid Maraniss is the author of The Clinton Enigma and First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton. He is an associate editor at the Washington Post, where his articles on Bill Clinton won him the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1993. He lives in Washington, D.C. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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