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Landry's Boys: An Oral History Of A Team And An Era |  | Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 917092
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 472
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 1572437464
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33264097642812
EAN: 9781572437463
ASIN: 1572437464
Publication Date: September 30, 2005
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Product Description
In their own words, Dallas Cowboys from the Tom Landry erathe era that established the Cowboys as Americas Teamrecall in colorful detail their greatest triumphs, most heartbreaking defeats, memorable teammates and opponents, and off-the-field controversies.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Oral Biography July 17, 2006
Howard Wexler (White Plains, NY United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am impressed and was entertained and informed.
First off, the book has a lot of different voices through the entire book, especially in the early years of the Cowboys. It has good stories, especially where the real story and the published one are different.
And while the self-serving antics of Hollywood Henderson get boring, it is a relatively minor issue.
Kudos to the author for getting a lot out of Duane Thomas and other tough interviews.
The portraits of people like Tom Landry and Don Meredith are nuanced and very human.
Only reason it does not get 5 stars is because it ends too early, at the beginning of the Jerry Jones era. Also, a picture of Lance Rentzel is labeled as Lance Alworth, there is reference to Sil Gillman as being an assistant coach of the team and other typos.
 Not sure what to say. January 4, 2008
John W. Jackson (Iraq)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having grown up a Cowboys fan from 0-11-1 to Jerry Jones the book was an interesting read. After finishing it, however, I kept asking the question what point was Golenboch trying to make. This book makes "North Dallas Forty" come across as a joyous New Year's Eve party. The author seems to convey having played for the Cowboys as a completely joyless adventure.
I've read just about every book on the Cowboys of that era and while I was impressed with the research it was far, far too negative for my taste - especially about Landry and Schramm.
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