04419cam a2200337 4500 277359688 TxAuBib 20161025120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544453678 0544453670 B01912OYNQ Amazon b89c79b3-f412-4213-9061-abc87b256676 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2516921 OverDrive (Product ID) 2516921 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pearlman, Jeff. Gunslinger [Libby] : The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 22MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 22MB. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>August 8, 2016<br /> Skilled sports biographer Pearlman (<em>Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s</em>) brings his dogged approach to this enjoyable book on Brett Favre, the gambling, cannon-armed quarterback whose talent and boyish enthusiasm brought the Green Bay Packers back to hallowed relevance in the mid-1990s. That was before inconsistent play, nonstop waffling on retirement, and an ill-advised text to a comely TV reporter dimmed the halo. Favre was not destined for stardom. His father and high-school coach, Irv, favored a running game that kept college scouts uninterested in his son. (Away from the field, one of Irv’s methods of punishment was having his kids kneel on a rock pile.) In the pros, Favre’s addictions and carousing tested his marriage. As years went by, the quarterback hardened, going from an easygoing soul to a demanding type who followed his own rules, whether that meant establishing his own dress code or getting his own private chef. But he was a model teammate who bridged every locker room clique and showed compassion for people in need, such as sending a truck of supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims. Pearlman’s latest effort lacks the emotional heft of his Walter Payton or Barry Bonds biographies, but he strips away Favre’s grown-up-kid mythology while reveling in his unlikely, turbulent path to iconic status. <em>Agent: David Black, David Black Agency.</em></p>. Publisher's Weekly. HTML:<p><b>From a <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre</b><br /> A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give up without a fight. This peerless quarterback guided the Green Bay Packers to two Super Bowls and one championship win, shattering countless NFL records along the way.<br /> <br /> <i>Gunslinger</i> tells Brett Favre's story for the first time, drawing on more than five hundred interviews, including many from the people closest to Favre. Jeff Pearlman charts an unparalleled journey from his rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi to a car accident that nearly took his life. Favre clawed back, getting drafted into the NFL by the Atlanta Falcons, then finding his way to Green Bay, where he restored the Packers to greatness and inspired a fan base as passionate as any in the game. Yet he struggled with demons: addiction, infidelity, the loss of his father, and a fraught, painfully prolonged exit from the game he loved, a game he couldn't bear to leave.<br /> <br /> Grand, gritty, and revelatory, <i>Gunslinger</i> is a big sports biography of the highest order, a fascinating portrait of the man with the rocket arm whose life has been one of triumph, of fame, of tragedy, of embarrassment, and—ultimately—of redemption.<br /></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-10-25 23:00:02. http://westtexas.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=b89c79b3-f412-4213-9061-abc87b256676 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b89c79b3-f412-4213-9061-abc87b256676&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b89c79b3-f412-4213-9061-abc87b256676&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CCTYL