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Landry's Boys
An Oral History Of A Team And An Era
by Peter Golenbock
ISBN: 1572437464
ISBN-13: 9781572437463
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Triumph Books
Published date: 2005
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 472
Publisher's Notes
Chronicling an unforgettable era in sports history, an oral hstory of the Dallas Cowboys during the reign of Tom Landry offers a colorful portrait of America's Team, its players, triumphs and defeats, off-field controversies, and more during the Landry's twenty-nine years with the Cowboy organization.
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Landry's Boys: An Oral History Of A Team And An Era
Peter Golenbock
Triumph Books. New in Fine dust jacket; .. 2005. Hardcover. Book is new. Llight edgewear to dust jacket, rubbed from shelving. No remainder mark. ; 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches; 472 pages; In their own words, Dallas Cowboys from the Tom Landry era—the era that established the Cowboys as America's Team—recall in colorful detail their greatest triumphs, most heartbreaking defeats, memorable teammates and opponents, and off-the-field controversies. . ( more information)
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