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The best game ever Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the birth of the modern NFL

Recreates the drama of Johnny Unitas's heroics in the 1958 sudden-death classic between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bowden, Mark, 1951-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : [S.l.] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Football > History. Baltimore Colts (Football team) > History. New York Giants (Football team)
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Summary:	Recreates the drama of Johnny Unitas's heroics in the 1958 sudden-death classic between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.
Physical Description:	279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and index.
ISBN:	9780871139887 : 087113988X :
Author Notes:	Mark Bowden has been a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty-one years and has won many national awards for his writing. He is the author of "Black Hawk Down," "Bringing the Heat," "Doctor Dealer", "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw." and, more recently, The Finish: "The Killing of Osama bin Laden", and Hue 1968: A Turning point of the American war in Vietnam. Bowden has also written for Talk, Men's Journal, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Playboy, among others. The original series of articles which became "Black Hawk Down" earned him the Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award, and made him a finalist for the NBA in nonfiction. (Bowker Author Biography)