America's Game: The Epic Story of how Pro Football Captured a Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0375725067
- ISBN-13
- 9780375725067
- Series
- America's Game
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 558
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-10-11
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Michael MacCambridge
Description
Traces the transformation of professional football from a struggling, third-class sport into a sports and mass-entertainment giant over the past sixty years, looking at the key leaders, players, and franchises that made the sport what it is today. Reprint.
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