Wild Blue Yonder: The High-Flying Story of BYU Football - Hardcover

Harmon, Dick; Cameron, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886110336 ISBN 13: 9781886110335

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Wild Blue Yonder is the soaring saga and official history of Brigham Young University football, what some people have called the Mormon Notre Dame. Coach LaVell Edwards took over a program 25 years ago that was unknown. He was convinced that the only way to win was to throw the ball and throw it he did. The Cougars have emerged as one of the best traditions in the history of college football.BYU is now one of the nation's football heavyweights playing before 60,000 fans each week, sending dozens of players to the NFL and appearing on national TV.

About this title

About the Author:

Dick Harmon has been covering BYU football and a myriad of other sports for two decades for The Daily Herald in Provo. The author of successful biographies of former Cougar stars Steve Young and Ty Detmer, Harmon also is a regular contributor to several national magazines. Longtime member of the Football Writers Association of America and Heisman Trophy voter, Harmon publishes a weekly newsletter on BYU sports and contributes to various computer on-line services. Harmon lives with his wife, AnnaLee, and three children in Orem, Utah.

Steve Cameron is a career newspaper and radio journalist who is now sports editor of The Daily Herald. Cameron is the author of nine books, including "Huck Finn Grows Up," the story of Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre. Editor of a golf guide to the Caribbean which was published in 1983, Cameron has hosted sports talk shows in several major markets and contributes to Inside Sports and other magazines. Cameron resides in Pleasant Grove, Utah, with his wife Sylvia, and their family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1886110336
• ISBN 13: 9781886110335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224