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THE BEST GAME EVER. Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and The Birth of the Modern NFL
by Bowden, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087113988X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871139887
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts met under the lights of Yankee Stadium for the American NFL Championship game. Played in front of sixty-four thousand fans and millions of television viewers around the country, the game would be remembered as the greatest in football history. On the field and roaming the sidelines were seventeen future Hall of Famers, including Colts stars Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, and Gino Marchetti, and Giants greats Frank Gifford, Sam Huff, and assistant coaches Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry. An estimated forty-five million viewers - at that time the largest crowd to have ever watched a football game - tuned in to see what would become the first sudden-death contest in NFL history. It was a battle of the league's best offense - the Colts -versus its best defense - the Giants. And it was a contest between the blue-collar Baltimore team versus the glamour boys of the Giants squad. The Best Game Ever is a brilliant portrait of how a single game changed the history of American sport and is destined to become a classic. Illustrated from photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15326
- Title
- THE BEST GAME EVER. Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and The Birth of the Modern NFL
- Author
- Bowden, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 087113988X
- ISBN 13
- 9780871139887
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- football, professional football, NFL history, New York Giants, Baltimore Colts
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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