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Blind Side : Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis (2006, Hardcover)

By the author of the bestselling "Moneyball": in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school--such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football. What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.

Book Title
Blind Side : Evolution of a Game
Number of Pages
304 Pages, 288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Alternative Family, General, Higher, Football, Personal Growth / Success, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Education, Sports & Recreation
Author
Michael Lewis
Format
Hardcover

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like.
Lccn
2009-293628
Dewey Decimal
796.332092 B
Lc Classification Number
Gv939.O44l49 2006
Copyright Date
2006

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