| Bringing the Heat Contributor(s): Bowden, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871137720 ISBN-13: 9780871137722 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: From the author of the bestselling "Black Hawk Down" comes the story of the Philadelphia Eagles' season-long campaign for the NFL championship, told through the personal stories of the men on the field and the coaches, managers, and owner on the sidelines. of photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Football |
| Dewey: 796.332 |
| LCCN: 99046323 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.01" W x 9.02" (1.51 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing the Heat is the story of one team's season-long campaign for the NFL championship, told through the personal stories of the men on the field and the coaches, managers, and owner on the sidelines. The team is the 1992 Philadelphia Eagles, a group of players assembled in the iconoclastic image of their former head coach Buddy Ryan. They are known throughout the league for their ferocious defense and for the otherworldly talents of their quarterback Randall Cunningham. Award-winning journalist Mark Bowden gets deep inside the world of professional football in a way no writer has ever done before, with an insightful and hilarious portrait of one of the most exciting teams ever to play the game. He spares none of the game's ugliness - the greed, the racism, and the often sadistic violence - while capturing the beauty of athleticism at its highest level, the courage of men who face each play knowing that one bad hit can end a career, and above all the exultant glory of victory that inspires their struggle to be the best. |