Publication
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, ©1999.
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Biography L
Physical description
541 p.; 25 cm
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Available
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This book "is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian butcher, rose to the top, and how his character and will to prevail transformed him, his wife, his children, his players, his sport, and ultimately the entire country. It is also a vibrant football story as well as a study of national myths and an absorbing account of mythmakers"--Jacket.
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LibraryThing member wenestvedt
The bigraphy of Vince Lombardi, pro football demigod. My word, what a narrow world view that man had: football uber alles. I sure hope he was happy. I enjoyed reading the book, though I was relieved wheen it ended.
LibraryThing member robertmorrow
Even if you are not a football fan, this is biography at its best. The all-consuming drive of the man makes for a fascinating character study that never leaves you wanting.
LibraryThing member AnneNicholas
I loved this book and I'm not even a football fan. It gave a great, short history of the game while providing terrific insights about a man that became a legend in his time. Maraniss is a great biographer.
LibraryThing member capiam1234
For the longest time I wanted to know and understand the legend of Vince Lombardi. Now I'm just kicking myself for waiting so long to do so. Fascinating and extraordinary are just a couple of the adjectives that I could be listing for an endless amount of time.
LibraryThing member smcamp1234
For the longest time I wanted to know and understand the legend of Vince Lombardi. Now I'm just kicking myself for waiting so long to do so. Fascinating and extraordinary are just a couple of the adjectives that I could be listing for an endless amount of time.
LibraryThing member JBGUSA
What can you say about a book like When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss? The book, like the subject, is an American classic. I suspect almost everyone knows the story about how Vince took an also-ran team in a frigid backwater city, Green Bay and molded it into a
The author posits that perhaps his untimely cancer death mirrored the growth of an America he could not abide. While politically a liberal Democrat and ardent JFK and RFK supporter, he believed in ordered, structured liberty, and not the free-for-all that America was evolving into. Perhaps his death mirrored the death of a promising era and a descent into malaise. We''ll never know.
Now, a slightly personal note. He was diagnosed with virulent colorectal cancer almost a year, to the day, prior to my Dad's diagnosis and surgery. Both would not survive.
Yes, I left out of my review his insignificant period coaching the Washington Redskins, but for some things, you'll just have to read the book.
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powerhouse. This team's time in the sun began and ended with Lombardi's stewardship. The author skillfully weaves the Green Bay Packers story, as well as his earlier years as a deeply Catholic alter boy, mediocre player, great High School and college coach, great assistant coach to the New York Giants and his Packer days into a tale of its times. The U.S. rose from Depression ashes to a sunny post-WW II "Leave it to Beaver" era, and then, during the Packer days into its troubled Vietnam and counter-culture era.The author posits that perhaps his untimely cancer death mirrored the growth of an America he could not abide. While politically a liberal Democrat and ardent JFK and RFK supporter, he believed in ordered, structured liberty, and not the free-for-all that America was evolving into. Perhaps his death mirrored the death of a promising era and a descent into malaise. We''ll never know.
Now, a slightly personal note. He was diagnosed with virulent colorectal cancer almost a year, to the day, prior to my Dad's diagnosis and surgery. Both would not survive.
Yes, I left out of my review his insignificant period coaching the Washington Redskins, but for some things, you'll just have to read the book.
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Original publication date
1999
ISBN
9780684870182