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    Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
    ISBN
    9780547435503
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
    ISBN-10
    0547435509
    ISBN-13
    9780547435503
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    113426981

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Ten-Gallon War : the Nfl's Cowboys, the Afl's Texans, and the Feud for Dallas's Pro Football Future
    Number of Pages
    320 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2012
    Topic
    Football
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Sports & Recreation
    Author
    John Eisenberg
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.1 in
    Item Weight
    18.7 Oz
    Item Length
    9 in
    Item Width
    6 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2012-016241
    Dewey Edition
    23
    Dewey Decimal
    796.332/6409764
    Table Of Content
    Prologueix PART I 1. "Would you be interested in starting up a new league?"3 2. "Those Texas Millionaires"20 3. "You're going to break us all"34 4. "Son, that league isn't going to make it"50 5. "Is Big D big enough . . . for two teams?"61 PART II 6. "I trained on biscuits and gravy"73 7. "Someone is going to get hurt here"88 8. "This is not a harassment situation"100 9. "It's going to take time for this thing to grow"115 10. "They thought the Texans were a lot more fun"125 11. "We've scared off every fan we have"139 PART III 12. "They should play each other"157 13. "Did you wear mouse ears or a helmet?"172 14. "They shouldn't be able to do this to us"185 PART IV 15. "Let's beat their asses"201 16. "We are staying"215 17. "We will kick to the clock"227 PART V 18. "It's nice to be wanted"243 19. "There's something I want to visit with you about"255 20. "Did Vince really say that?"271 Epilogue287 Author's Note on Sources296 Index300
    Synopsis
    In the 1960s, on the heels of the "Greatest Game Ever Played," professional football began to flourish across the country--except in Texas, where college football was still the only game in town. But in an unlikely series of events, two young oil tycoons started their own professional football franchises in Dallas the very same year: the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and, as part of a new upstart league designed to thwart the NFL's hold on the game, the Dallas Texans ofthe AFL. Almost overnight, a bitter feud was born. The team owners, Lamar Hunt and Clint Murchison, became Mad Men of the gridiron, locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of the Texas pigskin faithful. Their teams took each other to court, fought over players, undermined each other's promotions, and rooted like hell for the other guys to fail. A true visionary, Hunt of the Texans focused on the fans, putting together a team of local legends and hiring attractive women to drive around town in red convertibles selling tickets. Meanwhile, Murchison and his Cowboys focused on the game, hiring a young star, Tom Landry, in what would be his first-ever year as a head coach, and concentrating on holding their own against the more established teams in the NFL. Ultimately, both teams won the battle, but only one got to stay in Dallas and go on to become one of sports' most quintessential franchises--"America's Team." In this highly entertaining narrative, rich in colorful characters and unforgettable stunts, Eisenberg recounts the story of the birth of pro football in Dallas--back when the game began to be part of this country's DNA., The rollicking story of the birth of professional football in Texas in the early 1960s, as two oil tycoons raced to build warring professional football franchises--the Cowboys and the Texans--and win the hearts of fans in a town where football reigned supreme., In the 1960s, on the heels of the "Greatest Game Ever Played," professional football began to flourish across the country--except in Texas, where college football was still the only game in town. But in an unlikely series of events, two young oil tycoons started their own professional football franchises in Dallas the very same year: the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and, as part of a new upstart league designed to thwart the NFL's hold on the game, the Dallas Texans of the AFL. Almost overnight, a bitter feud was born. The team owners, Lamar Hunt and Clint Murchison, became Mad Men of the gridiron, locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of the Texas pigskin faithful. Their teams took each other to court, fought over players, undermined each other's promotions, and rooted like hell for the other guys to fail. A true visionary, Hunt of the Texans focused on the fans, putting together a team of local legends and hiring attractive women to drive around town in red convertibles selling tickets. Meanwhile, Murchison and his Cowboys focused on the game, hiring a young star, Tom Landry, in what would be his first-ever year as a head coach, and concentrating on holding their own against the more established teams in the NFL. Ultimately, both teams won the battle, but only one got to stay in Dallas and go on to become one of sports' most quintessential franchises--"America's Team." In this highly entertaining narrative, rich in colorful characters and unforgettable stunts, Eisenberg recounts the story of the birth of pro football in Dallas--back when the game began to be part of this country's DNA.
    LC Classification Number
    GV956.D3E58 20012

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