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The people's team : an illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers / Mark Beech.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xi, 397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781328460134
  • 1328460134
Subject(s):
Contents:
Two sides of the river -- Curly and Cal -- The heart of the city -- Saved -- A wide-open town -- A first draft of history / by David S. Neft -- Champions -- From championships to receivership -- Hutson -- War, and a last hurrah -- The earl of Hollywood -- Up in flames -- A monument to Titletown / by Austin Murphy -- The not-so-fabulous 1950s -- Daylight -- Greater glory -- A moment frozen in time / by Chuck Mercein -- The lost generation -- Resurrection -- Reggie and a return to glory -- A turnaround built on faith / by Peter King -- Into the future -- The people's team.
Summary: "The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the centennial of the team"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.332 B414 Available 33111009729001
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the team's 100-year anniversary

Not only are the Packers the only fan-owned team in any of North America's major pro sports leagues, but Green Bay--population 104,057--is also the smallest city with a big-time franchise. The Packers are, in other words, unlikely candidates to be pro football's preeminent team. And yet nobody in the NFL has won more championships. The story of Titletown, USA, is the greatest story in sports.

Through extensive archival research and unmatched insider access to players and team officials, past and present, Mark Beech tells the first complete rags-to-riches history of the Green Bay Packers, a full chronicle of the most illustrious team in NFL history. The People's Team paints compelling pictures of a franchise, a town, and a fan base. No other team in pro sports is so bound to the place that gave birth to it. Here is the story of the Packers and of Green Bay--from the days of the French fur traders who settled on the shores of La Baie in the seventeenth century, to the team's pursuit of its fourteenth NFL championship.

Featuring essays by Peter King, Chuck Mercein, Austin Murphy, and David S. Neft, The People's Team is a must-have for fans, old and new, and the definitive illustrated history of the most important team in the NFL.

"The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the centennial of the team"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Two sides of the river -- Curly and Cal -- The heart of the city -- Saved -- A wide-open town -- A first draft of history / by David S. Neft -- Champions -- From championships to receivership -- Hutson -- War, and a last hurrah -- The earl of Hollywood -- Up in flames -- A monument to Titletown / by Austin Murphy -- The not-so-fabulous 1950s -- Daylight -- Greater glory -- A moment frozen in time / by Chuck Mercein -- The lost generation -- Resurrection -- Reggie and a return to glory -- A turnaround built on faith / by Peter King -- Into the future -- The people's team.

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