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The History of Dallas Cowboys: NFL Today

Brian Hawkes

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Superb breadth of coverage in few pages; awesome glossy photos 5 out of 5 stars.
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Review: The History of the Dallas Cowboys

Hawkes, Brian. The History of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL Today). Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2005. HB, 48p, illus. list: 27.10 ISBN: 1-58341-294-8

This thin volume is heavy on photography and light on text. The device of adding "graininess" to some of the images evokes antique photos from the 60s, when the Dallas Cowboys were struggling to reach .500. But even in a few pages, the author does a great job of covering the hi-lights of the history of this storied franchise.

Hawkes accurately summarizes the struggles of those Cowboys teams, from the NFL awarding the franchise to owner Clint Murchison, to the hiring of GM Tex Schramm and head coach Tom Landry, to the deal-making that led to the acquisitions of QB Don Meredith and FB Don Perkins without the benefit of a college draft (the franchise was awarded after the NFL draft).

The Cowboys fought hard under the leadership of diminutive QB Eddie LeBaron, but didn't win consistently until Meredith took over. Still, the Cowboys lost two straight NFL Championships to the Green Bay Packers, and could not win "The Big One" until after Meredith retired and Roger Staubach took over at QB.

With Roger "the Dodger" at the controls, the Cowboys played in five Super Bowls in the 70s (winning two) and was the winningest team of the decade, earning for themselves the title of "America's Team".

The winning ways continued after Staubach's retirement in 1979 -- with QB Danny White and RB Tony Dorsett leading the way, the Cowboys played in three straight NFC championship games to open the decade of the 80s, but again, the Cowboys could not finish the seasons with a championship. The worst was yet to come, as the Cowboys finished the decade with losing records every year from 1986-1989.

A new era dawned when Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys in April, 1989. Even though the Cowboys went 1-15 in 1989, changes were underway. Jimmy Johnson replaced the legendary Tom Landry as head coach, and quickly turned the team around. Johnson traded star RB Herschel Walker to the Vikings for a bevy of players and draft picks.

Jones and Johnson parlayed those choices into three Super Bowl championships in the early 90s. Led by the dynamic "Triplets" of WR Michael Irvin, QB Troy Aikman, and RB Emmitt Smith, the Cowboys dominated the 90s, but again finished the decade on a down note, making the playoffs but not advancing.

After finishing 5-11 in 2002, Jones hired Bill Parcells as head coach, and he immediately turned the team around, leading them to a 10-6 finish in 2003. The Cowboys looked poised to once again be successful in the 2000s.

© Fred Goodwin, February 2, 2008

NFL Monday Night Football Club: Running Back Exchange - Book #2: I Was Barry Sanders (NFL Monday Night Football Club)

Gordon Korman

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even better! great details. 5 out of 5 stars.
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the player's reactions to being an ordinary kid are swell.

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Elliot Rifkin does not believe that his friend actually changed places with John Elway during Monday Night Football, but when he tries the mysterious football jersey on for himself, he finds himself looking through the eyes of Barry Sanders. Original."

I Told You I Can Play!

Brian Jordan

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I Told You I Can Play 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a great story about siblings and about being the youngest child. The story is well told and includes certain refrains that kids will love. The illustrations of the kids bring the story to life and captures each character. Although this book is meant for older kids, this story is a favorite of my two year old. He loves being read the story, and he loves the illustrations and has begun to repeat certain words from the story. This is a great book and both young and older kids will enjoy it.

World's Strangest Football Stories (World's Strangest Sports Stories)

Rockwell

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What a book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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When I saw this book lying around in my house I thought it would be a boring book but when I started reading it in my English class I found out that it was a really interesting book. It talks about things that happened on football games and also things that didn't happened on football games. I really recommend this book if you have not seen the strangest things that happen at football games. This book is for people that like to laugh at little and that like crazy things.

stramgest football stories 1 out of 5 stars.
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very upset about the condition of the book i received. was unable to give it as a present.Will NEVER order from very fast books again!!!!!!

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Have you heard about the quarterback who threw a successful forward pass -- to himself? Or the NFL star who suffered a career-ending injury -- during the pre-game coin toss?

Pigskin fans will love this wacky book packed with the strangest -- but true -- football stories.

Touchdown Pass (Chip Hilton Sports Series)

Clair Bee, Cynthia Bee Farley, Randall K. Farley

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Stick with the original 1 out of 5 stars.
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I grew up reading the Chip Hilton books and loved every one of them. A few years back, Claire Bee's daughter and her husband decided to bring them back, which was a great idea. Unfortunately, they also decided to update the books.

If you want a great sports book for kids, find the original versions of these books and read them, instead of these updated versions. You can tell the originals from the fakes by looking at the author's name on each book. The originals were written by Claire Bee, the fakes are by him, his daughter and others.

One of the things I always enjoyed about the books was that they were written at a time when the rules in sports were quite a bit different than they are today. In football, for example, if the other team scored you had a choice between having them kick off to you, or you kicking off to them. The strategies and formations were a lot different too, and of course back in those days people still talked about good sportsmanship and it was important.

The updated books don't make much sense, since they are still using the old strategies and rules, but the books are set in modern times.

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In the process of learning to go beyond himself and to reach out to others, high school star football player Chip Hilton uncovers an act of sabotage at the local pottery.

NFL: Super Bowl Super Quarterbacks: Super Bowl Super Quarterbacks (Nfl)

James Preller

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Great 5 out of 5 stars.
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I reccamend this book for everybody who likes football. It has game by game covorage and it's awsome! Go New England Patriots!!!!!!

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Football is number one with fans and has more “avid” fans than any other sport in America. Now Scholastic brings the NFL alive in books that capture all the pulse-pounding action of the game.

Carolina Panthers (NFL Today)

John Nichols

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Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 1999.

Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports

Alden R. Carter

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Love, Football, And Other Contact Sports 5 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book for my 7th grade classroom library after hearing about it at a conference. Before the day was over, I had many kids asking to sign it out and I haven't seen it back since I brought it in! A huge and hysterical hit!

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Renowned YA author Alden R. Carter offers up this laugh-out-loud, slice-of-high-school-life short-story collection, a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of the Year for Youth. On "Jersey Day" the artsy academic girl wonders suspiciously which football player could have possibly put his invitational jersey on her desk. In "The Briefcase" the new kid reaps the consequences when his parents force him to carry an expensive briefcase with him to school. In "Elvis" a brainy girl with this unfortunate nickname receives social aid from an unlikely benefactor--the school's football star. In these laugh-out-loud pieces, Alden R. Carter tells the stories of students from one end of the social spectrum to the other. Jock to loner, academic snob to outcast, Carter explores and shatters the sterotypes behind the relationships, friendships, rumors, peer pressure, sports, bullies, and other assorted forms of mental anguish that come with high school. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Let's Play Football! (Pebble Plus)

Mader, Jan

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Not a "how to" of football 1 out of 5 stars.
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This is more an introduction to football for a very young child. I was looking for a basic book for a child learning to play football.

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Text and photographs present the skills, equipment, and safety concerns of football.

Peyton Manning: Leader on And Off the Field (Sports Stars With Heart)

Tim Polzer

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Great Book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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The book is a great story of the career and life of Peyton Manning.