The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant Contributor(s): Barra, Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 039332897X ISBN-13: 9780393328974 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: "Barra gets it right...he was born to write this story."--Don Keith, "Birmingham Weekly." Sportswriter Barra gives readers a look into the life of the real Bear Bryant, separates fact from fiction, and venerates the legend. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Football - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Sports & Recreation | Coaching - Football |
Dewey: 796.332 |
Physical Information: 1.27" H x 5.56" W x 8.26" (1.47 lbs) 610 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
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Publisher Description: President Reagan and the three former American presidents sent flowers, as did people as diverse as Bob Hope, ABC's Roone Arledge, advice columnist Ann Landers and the Reverend Billy Graham. Scores of Bryant's former players, including Joe Namath, Lee Roy Jordan, Ken Stabler and Ozzie Newsome, were in attendance. So were Bryant's most distinguished colleagues, the greatest living football coaches, including Southern Cal's John McKay, who said, "It was like a presidential funeral procession. No coach in America could have gotten that. No coach but him. But then, he wasn't just a coach. He was the coach." |
Contributor Bio(s): Barra, Allen: - Allen Barra is a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the best-selling author of The Last Coach, Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee and Rickwood Field. His writing appears in the Washington Post, Salon, Playboy, and The Daily Beast. He lives in New Jersey. |