A Game of Passion : The NFL Literary Companion

Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.: Turner Publishing, Incorporated, 1996. First Printing of First Edition Stated . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 448 pages. Store stamp inside back cover. Front cover corners turned up a little. Two small light stains on front page edges. Otherwise tight bright book with clean white pages and no marks or names. Work by Ray Bradbury, Don DeLillo, Andy Rooney, August Wilson, John Madden, Ira Berkow, Gay Talese and more. Illustrated by Greg Spalenka cover art. Dig beneath the surface of the game's most colorful legends. Meet Bronko Nagurski who supposedly was discovered when he pointed out direcdtions to a visiting football scout, while holding a plow at the end of his outstretched arm. Say hello to Johnny Blood who once whipped his car onto the rialroad tracks to stop the Chicago bears' train that he was supposed to be riding. And nod to Bobby Layne, who never met a football game, or a part that he didn't like. The best sportwwriters in America are here, from Will McDonough to Jim Murray, and from Dick Schaap to Paul Zimmerman, Sorts Illustrated's irrepressible Dr. Z. No collection of NFL literature would be complete without them. Ray Bradbury and James Dickey put football in a poetic light. August Wilson relives a childhood memory of running Jim Brown. Lee Iacocca explains how his business career got a boost fromm a legendary NFL coach, and novelist Frederick exley plays the part of the obsessive fan.