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Author:

Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)

Title:

The blind side : evolution of a game / Michael Lewis.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

339 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Oher, Michael.
Football players--United States--Biography.
University of Mississippi--Football.
College sports--United States.
Iowa High School Book Award 2010-2011

Contents:

Back story -- The market for football players -- Crossing the line -- The blank slate -- Death of a lineman -- Inventing Michael -- The pasta coach -- Character courses -- Birth of a star -- The egg bowl -- Freak of nurture -- And Moses stuttered.

Summary:

Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.

ISBN:

039306123X (hbk.)
9780393061239 (hbk.)
0393330478 (pbk.)
9780393330472 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)137222493

LCCN:

2009293628

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