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Al michaels in gunslinger, jeff pearlman tells brett favres story for the first. David maraniss, author of the bestselling and definitive biography. Jeff pearlman charts favres journey, from his rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last roster spot at southern mississippi to a latenight. Jeff pearlman charts an unparalleled journey from his rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at southern mississippi to a car accident. The remarkable, improbable, iconic life of brett favre, will be released october 25 and is available here. Jeff pearlman, author of the controversial walter payton bio sweetness, takes a similar, noholdsbarred approach to story of brett favre. Author jeff pearlman, whose forthcoming book is a biography of former green bay packers quarterback brett favre, is the next author featured in the register book club. Al michaels in gunslinger, jeff pearlman tells brett favres story for the first time. Gunslinger by jeff pearlman overdrive rakuten overdrive. He has written three books about baseball, three about football and one on basketball. Jeff pearlman, known for his controversial 2011 book, sweetness, about the late football great walter payton, now presents gunslinger, his biography of hall of fame quarterback brett favre.
New book about brett favre gunslinger is a mustread. In many ways, a biography is a search for definition of character. Favre rarely enters the same sentence as a dull moment if ever. In gunslinger, jeff pearlman tells brett favres story for the first time, charting his. In october 2011 he released his fifth book, a biography of walter payton titled. Coauthor of brett favre s first book, for the record, he has also contributed to the packer anthologies heir to the legacy and titletown. In gunslinger, jeff pearlman tells brett favre s story for the first time, charting his unparalleled journey from a rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at southern mississippi, to a car accident that nearly took his life, and eventually to the nfl and green bay, where he restored the. He has written two books about baseball and was the author of the infamous john rocker interview in sports illustrated. Oct 23, 2016 pearlman explores favres childhood in rural mississippi and the relationship the quarterback had with his father, irvin, a nononsense authoritarian who instilled in the athletic sons he coached a brand of mental and physical toughness that would serve them and particularly brett well on the field of play.
Browse audiobooks written by jeff pearlman sorted by best. Pearlman is the author of the bad guys won, a biography of the 1986. A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the hall of fame, brett favre was one of the games last cowboys, a fastballthrowing, tobaccochewing gunslinger. He lives in southern california with his wife catherine and children, casey and emmett. Jeff pearlman has written several books that peel the varnish off and gives us a glimpse at the real lives of sports stars. In gunslinger, jeff pearlman tells brett favres story for the first time, charting his unparalleled journey from a rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at southern mississippi, to a car accident that nearly took his life, and eventually to the nfl and green bay, where he restored. Morry gash ap in terms of icons in green bay, there is. Pearlmans writing is brisk and generally readable, though the book is occasionally marred by clunky prose. Jeff pearlman books list of books by author jeff pearlman. Br mag is an experimental, multiplatform digital sports magazine from bleacher report. Brett favre emerges as at once incorrigibly childish and a magnetic leader of men.
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