Namath: A Biography
a Biography
$47.47
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2005
Summary
In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity-and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. For an entire generation he became a spectacle of booze and broads, a guy who made bachelorhood s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143035350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143035355 |
| Author: | Mark Kriegel |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2005 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 140mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
“Brilliant … definitive and hugely entertaining.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Elegantly told … Kriegel has written a remarkable book: a feel-good sports story still abundant with insight and social commentary.” —Publishers Weekly, starred
”…a story so taut and true it pulls at your heart.” —Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life
“Mark Kriegel has written an extraordinary biography of an extraordinary American.” —Pete Hamill
“Irreverent and highly entertaining.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
About The Author
Mark Kriegel
Mark Kriegel is a former sports columnist for the New York Daily News and author of the novel Bless Me, Father.
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