Out of Control (signed first printing)

Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson

ISBN 10: 0399132643 / ISBN 13: 9780399132643

Published by Putnam, 1987

About this Item

Out of Control. Confessions of an NFL Casualty. Signed by author Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson. (co-authored by Peter Knobler). [1987] first printing; Putnam; very good or better jacketed hardcover. Inscribed by Henderson on flyleaf. Two-toned binding with sharp corners and clean boards; perhaps the slightest toning at very edges of boards; crisp silver text on spine; only light wear at spine extremes. Jacket is very good or very nearly so; housed in archival cover. Just some normal toning and mild handling wear; a bit of edgewear at the bottom of back panel. A very cool item for the football and/or book enthusiast.

Seller Inventory # 24255

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Out of Control (signed first printing)
• Publisher: Putnam
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399132643
• ISBN 13: 9780399132643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Signed
  • Sports

About this title

Synopsis

The former Dallas Cowboys star looks at the world of pro football and reveals how he became involved with drugs, lost his self-respect, and, eventually won it back

Reviews

Among Henderson's milder confessions: he came from a broken home, the son of an alcoholic father; he did not show much football prowess until he attended Langston, a black college in Oklahoma. Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, he became one of their stalwarts as the team went to the Super Bowl with increasing frequency. But, in addition to the antipain medication he and most of the other players were given before each game, he turned from heavy marijuana smoking to heavy cocaine use. He quit the Cowboys and, subsequently, played for the 49ers, the Oilers and Dolphins, with whom he suffered a career-ending injury. Then to his cocaine habit, which consumed some $6,000 a week, he added alcohol abuse. He was imprisoned for having sexual relations with underage girls, but since his release has remained drug-free. A candid and revealing autobiography. Author tour.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Henderson was a star linebacker with the Dallas Cowboys in the late 1970s. The product of a broken home, he started fooling around with drugs at age 17. He was a cocaine addict during his entire NFL career. In this overlong tale of debauchery and drugs he tells how cocaine and alcohol destroyed his life. A prison term for "sexual battery and bribery" finally brought him to his senses. The message, while important, could have been conveyed in a magazine article without all of the repetitious and gory details. Jo DeLapo, Queens Lib., New York
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.