Cotton Bowl Days: Growing Up with Dallas and the Cowboys in the 1960s
- ISBN-10
- 0684831201
- ISBN-13
- 9780684831206
- Category
- Football fans
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- John Eisenberg
Description
A lifelong Dallas Cowboy fan, the author presents a look at growing up with his favorite men, profiling the then-young team's players, their city, and the Cotton Bowl
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- 2000-09-01
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
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