America's game : the epic story of how pro football captured a nation / Michael MacCambridge.

Author/creator MacCambridge, Michael, 1963-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©2004.
Descriptionxix, 552 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents December 28, 1958 -- Going West -- The organization man -- "Let Bert do it" -- Going deep -- Baltimore -- On any given Sunday -- "A light bulb came on" -- The siege -- The new frontier -- The Czar -- War -- A separate peace -- "The only thing" -- Respect -- Prime time -- "God, Nixon and the National Football League" -- America's team -- Air war -- Under siege -- The last stand -- Changing of the guard -- Pearl Harbor -- "A different world" -- Man at the top -- The main thing.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [465]-525) and index.
LCCN 2004052003
ISBN0375504540 (alk. paper)