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An account of the Chicago Bears 1985 championship season shares anecdotes about its extraordinary events while describing the contributions of such personalities as Walter "Sweetness" Payton, Dan "Danimal" Hampton and coach Mike Ditka. 50,000 first printing.
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Rich Cohen is a New York Times bestselling author as well as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He has written eight books, including The Fish That Ate the Whale, Tough Jews, Israel Is Real, and the widely acclaimed memoir Sweet and Low. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, and Best American Essays. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, three sons, and dog.
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- EditorePicador USA
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 1250056047
- ISBN 13 9781250056047
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine338
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: new. Illustrated. About the AuthorRich Cohen is the New York Timesbestselling author of Tough Jews Monsters Sweet and Low The Sun the Moon the Rolling Stones The Chicago Cubs and The Last Pirate of New York and with Jerry Weintraub When I Stop Talking Youll Know Im Dead He is the cocreator of the HBO series Vinyl a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a writer at large for Air Mail He has written for The New York Times The New Yorker The Atlantic and Harpers Magazine among other publications Cohen has won the Great Lakes Book Award the Chicago Public Librarys 21st Century Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award He lives in ConnecticutProduct DescriptionMonsters The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football is the New York Times bestselling gripping account of a onceinalifetime team and their lone Super Bowl seasonFor Rich Cohen and millions of other fans the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team they were the greatest football team evera gang of colorful nuts dancing and pounding their way to victory They won a Super Bowl and saved a cityIt was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won but how they did it On offense there was highstepping running back Walter Payton and Punky QB Jim McMahon who had a knack for pissing off Coach Mike Ditka as he made his way to the end zone On defense there was the 46 a revolutionary quarterbackconcussing scheme cooked up by Buddy Ryan and ruthlessly implemented by Hall of Famers such as Dan Danimal Hampton and Samurai Mike Singletary On the sidelines in the locker rooms and in bars there was the neverending soap opera the coach and the quarterback bickering on TV Ditka and Ryan nearly coming to blows in the Orange Bowl the players recording the Super Bowl Shuffle video the morning after the seasons only lossCohen tracked down the coaches and players from this iconic team and asked them everything he has always wanted to know Whats it like to win Whats it like to lose Do you really hate the guys on the other side Were you ever scared What do you think as you lie broken on the field How do you go on after you have lived your dream but life has not endedThe result is Monsters The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football a portrait not merely of a team but of a city and a game its history its future its fallen men its immortal heroes But mostly its about being a fanabout loving too much This is a book about America at its most nonsensical delirious and joyfulReviewEvery year brings a Super Bowl World Series NBA and Stanley Cup champion All are duly noted and celebrated But a memorable few have greater and more lasting resonance a standing that excellence alone cannot explain The 1985 Chicago Bears were such a team a mlange of talents and outsize personalities that captivated and embodied a city Rich Cohen experienced it as an obsessed seventeenyearold Almost three decades on he remains obsessedentertainingly and insightfully so but obsessed nonetheless His combination of reporting and remembrance is by turns evocative revealing quirky and funny as hellor at least as funny as Gary Fencik doing the Super Bowl Shuffle Bob CostasFor anyone from Chicago or anyone with any sense the 85 Bears are the best team there ever was and Rich Cohen has written the book weve always wanted Its got all the people you want to hear from Ditka McMahon Singletary Wilson Fencik and thank God the incomparable and toooftenforgotten Doug Plank This bookfull of soul and searching and also knockyoudown funnyis not just a great sports book not just a great Chicago book but a great book period Dave Eggers who grew up two miles from the Bears practice facilityRich Cohens Monsters is the best book on professional football I knowthe best because the most truthful Joseph Epstein The Wall Street JournalA riveting account of one of footba. Codice articolo BKZN9781250056047
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