When pride still mattered

By David Maraniss

Subjects: Coaching (Athletics), Coaching, Biography, Biography & autobiography: sport, Football coaches, American football, Football, Green Bay Packers (Football team), Lombardi, vince, 1913-1970, Green Bay Packers (Football team) - History, History

Description: This book "is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian butcher, rose to the top, and how his character and will to prevail transformed him, his wife, his children, his players, his sport, and ultimately the entire country. It is also a vibrant football story as well as a study of national myths and an absorbing account of mythmakers"--Dust jacket.