Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football

Bacon, John U.

ISBN 10: 0062886940 / ISBN 13: 9780062886941

Published by Mariner Books, 2019

About this Item

First Printing with full number line 1-10. Inscribed by author (John U. Bacon) on title page. Otherwise inside is clean and unmarked. Tilt to spine. Dust jacket has creasing at edges. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1751689406107

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062886940
• ISBN 13: 9780062886941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 3.378W x 15.24H x 22.86D centimeters 3.378 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 599 grams
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition
  • Signed
  • Sports and Sporting

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Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the “poet laureate of Michigan football," a riveting inside chronicle of the Jim Harbaugh era, and "an unprecedented look at the inner workings" (Sporting News) of a big-time college football program

John U. Bacon received rare access to Head Coach Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players, and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals, and classes. Overtime captures this storied program at the crossroads, as the sport’s winningest team battles to reclaim its former glory. But what if the price of success today comes at the cost of your soul? Do you pay it, or compete without compromising?

In the spirit of HBO’s Hardknocks, Overtime delivers a deeply reported human portrait that follows the Wolverine coaches, players, and staffers. Above all, this is a human story. In Overtime we not only discover what these public figures are like behind the scenes, we learn what the experience means to them as they go through it – the trials, the triumphs, and the unexpected answers to a central question: Is it worth it?

From the “poet laureate of Michigan football” (according to New York Times’s Joe Drape), and one of the keenest observers of college football, Overtime offers a window into a legendary program and the sport itself that only John U. Bacon could deliver.

About the Author

John U. Bacon is the author of the national bestseller The Great Halifax Explosion and five bestselling books about college football, including Three and Out, Fourth and Long, Endzone, and Bo’s Lasting Lessons, co-authored with Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. A former feature writer for the Detroit News, his writing has been recognized three times in The Best American Sports Writing series. He appears often on NPR and national television, including ESPN’s 2019 documentary series on college football. He has taught at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the University of Michigan. A popular public speaker, he lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and son.