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Best Game Ever, The: Giants Vs. Colts, 1958, And The Birth Of The Modern NFL (2008)

by Mark Bowden(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1423367928 (ISBN13: 9781423367925)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Brilliance Audio

review 1: NFL fans will enjoy this novel by Bowden, who also wrote the non-fiction military book Black Hawk Down. If you are already an NFL fan, however, you may already know some of the story about this game, which is often heralded as the starting point for NFL football becoming a pasttime. The back story is interesting, but as many others have pointed out, it's almost like Bowden felt that Raymond Berry needed more coverage for the fact that great players like him were ultimately in the shadow of people like Johnny Unitas, who Berry played with on those great Colt teams. Overall, it's interesting, if you like NFL History.
review 2: This was a slight but enjoyable book about the NFL Championship in 1958. Bowden, who wrote "Black Hawk Down" and "Guests of the Ayatol... morelah" is in a minor mode here - this would have made a decent magazine article at half the length. I never entirely bought his premise that this was the most important NFL game ever and changed the game forever. Also, I felt like some of the game descriptions were too dense.Overall, though, the characterizations of some of the players was well-done and the ending, explaining the fates of the main characters, was surprisingly emotional.I like to read a football book this time of year and this one was ok. less

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