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When Pride Still Mattered Using the same meticulous reporting and sweeping narrative style employed in "First in His Class", his classic biography of Bill Clinton, Maraniss separates myth from reality and wondrously recaptures Vince Lombardi's life and times. "When Pride Still Mattered" is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian butcher, rose to the top and came Full description
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"Sports Illustrated"
Forges a near-perfect synthesis of fine writing and fascinating material. May be the best sports biography ever published.
Bill Brashler
"Chicago Sun-Times"
It is simply a superb biography.
Michael Bauman
"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"
A monumental biography.
Michael Oriard
"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
A superb book, one of the best on football that we have.
Robert W. Creamer
"The Washington Post Book World"
An astonishingly good book....A triumph, a classic American biography.
Tim Long
"The Miami Herald"
A masterly biography....A finely crafted, multifaceted portrait of a life driven by obsession.
Lester Munson
"Chicago Tribune"
Both the reach of the research and the grasp of Lombardi's character are impressive. It is a wonderful work.
Bill Brashler"Chicago Sun-Times"It is simply a superb biography.
Michael Bauman"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"A monumental biography.
Michael Oriard"The Philadelphia Inquirer"A superb book, one of the best on football that we have.
David Maraniss is the author of First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton and The Clinton Enigma. He is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where his articles on Bill Clinton won him the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1993. He grew up in Wisconsin and now lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Linda. They have two grown children.
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- PublisherTouchstone Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0684012049
- ISBN 13 9780684012049
- BindingPaperback
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