The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry

Ribowsky, Mark

ISBN 10: 0871408546 / ISBN 13: 9780871408549

Published by Liveright, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry
• Publisher: Liveright
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871408546
• ISBN 13: 9780871408549
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

“An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” ―Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013

As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for twenty-nine years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the likes of whom we’ll never see again. 16 pages of illustrations

About the Author

Mark Ribowsky is a New York Times acclaimed, best-selling author of fifteen books, including biographies of Tom Landry, Al Davis, Hank Williams, and most recently, In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty. He lives in Florida.lorida.