Author : Mark Ribowsky
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0871407485
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (714 download)
Book Synopsis The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry by : Mark Ribowsky
Download or read book The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry written by Mark Ribowsky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” —Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013 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 likes of whom we’ll never see again.