Synopsis
The first authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, this book is both aacritical chapter in the story of football in America and a thoroughly engaging in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports.
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About the Author
Rob Ruck is a senior lecturer of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of The Tropic of Baseball, available in a Bison Books edition. Maggie Jones Patterson is an associate professor of journalism at Duquesne University and coauthor of Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting. Michael P. Weber (1936–2001) is the author of Don’t Call Me Boss: David L. Lawrence, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance Mayor.
Review
"Art Rooney personified Pittsburgh as much as any person can epitomize a city. His weathered face, hard accent, love of gambling, and enormous heart captured the very soul of the three-rivers city. It is hard--hell, impossible for any person not living in Dallas--not to love Rooney. And it is impossible not to love this biography of Rooney. It is true to Rooney and Pittsburgh. Reading it, I could feel the pre-Renaissance grit of the steel town."--Randy W. Roberts, Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University and coeditor of "One for the Thumb: The New Steelers Reader", 2nd edition--Randy W. Roberts (07/20/2009)
"One of the best books on football written so far this century. . . . Assiduously researched, "Rooney" is more than a biography."--Allen Barra, "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"--Allen Barra"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" (04/21/2010)
""Rooney: A Sporting Life" is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about a true American success story in sports. This book fully captures the early life of Art 'the Chief' Rooney Sr., an American icon who is known for the legacy he left in the Steelers but isn't known as well for his amazing accomplishments in racing and as an athlete. The Chief is to sports what Seabiscuit is to horse racing, and this book captures the man and the legend."--John Clayton, ESPN--John Clayton (06/08/2009)
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