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| The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Category: Book
List Price: $23.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 10205
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 087113988X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.332640973
EAN: 9780871139887
ASIN: 087113988X
Publication Date: May 5, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Into the Wayback Machine...... May 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I THINK I saw this game on our old B/W TV....
None the less, a great chronicle of this great game.
If you're my age, 55, it brings us back to another era, where really tough men played a really tough game, not for the big bucks, but because it was their one and only job. From this game, though, the NFL matured. The players became larger than life, a bit spoiled, but what celebrity/athlete hasn't become larger than life?
With father's day coming up, this is a good gift for an old fa*t my age!
The author is a journalist from the newspaper beat writer era, and I think this is a major plus. I only wish the pictures could have been a bit larger and glossy...minus that----this was a good read and well worth the time.
Will we ever see a video of this game? How about releasing the NFL Film's coaches tapes? It would be as riveting as the story....
The author was lucky enough to see these films, how about us?
The Best Game Ever May 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Its a great book to read and to learn more about a game and football itself. The book takes you inside the huddle and puts you in the middle of the field and in the mind of the great Johnny Unitas.
The Beginning of the Modern NFL May 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A great book! What an amazing group of players and coaches who went on to define the NFL. Truly as the Sports Illustrated cover stated. "How Raymond Berry and Johnny Unitas invented the modern NFL."
The Best Game Ever June 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. Bowden does an excellent job.. I was growing up in Baltimore at the time. He accurately captures things I remember, and gives enormous (and fun) incite into the rest of the story.
The Greatest book on The Greatest Game Ever Played June 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mark Bowden has written a brillant book on the Giants VS Colts,1958 Championship game. Bowden brings the game and the inpact it had on the sport into perfect harmony. His insight into the meaning of the game beyond the score brings greater understanding of today's billion dollar NFL brand. Whether your a football fan or a fan of American culture Bowden's work is a remarkable merging of the the two. Enjoy the read.
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