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Needless to say, that wouldnt provide much for a movie sequel. Peter gent, north dallas forty author, dead at 69 pete gent, the former dallas cowboy and michigan state player best known as the. American red cross 1st edition by american red cross paperback, 512 pages, published 2012. Spradlin set in the decadent world of american professional football in the late 1970s. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. Onetime dallas cowboy peter gents tellall novel about the big business of football is the source for ted kotcheffs film, which explores the destructive world faced by nfl players both on and. North dallas forty ebook by peter gent rakuten kobo. See all books authored by peter gent, including north dallas forty hall of fame edition, no. Peter gent, author of north dallas forty, has died who2. Peter gent books list of books by author peter gent.
North dallas forty kindle edition by peter gent author format. North dallas forty by peter gent, 1974, new american library edition, in english. Peter gent, 69, a onetime wide receiver with the dallas cowboys, whose 1973 novel, north dallas forty, exposed the drug use, hypocrisy and pervasive pain in the life of a pro football team. Peter gent, who turned his vivid memories of a fiveyear career as a wide receiver with the dallas cowboys into the blisteringly candid bestselling novel north dallas forty, has died. North dallas forty seemed like an appropriate book choice during super bowl week. Bookstores of every kind the region is home to some of the bestknown indie booksellers in the country.
After 22yearold david tragically loses his parents, he and his high school friend julio take a trip around america to. Hard throb eros gn 40 hard throb eros graphic albums bk. The story of eight harrowing days in the chaotic life of a professional football player, north dallas forty, originally published in 1973, exposes an nfl rife with corruption, drugs, sex, and violence. Protagonist phil elliott tells the story of the dallas cowboys of the 60s who party, drink, use drugs, womanize, endure terrible pain, suffer racism, and feel fear. Publication date 1974 publisher new york new american library.
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Written with an authentic voice that could only come from a former nfl player, reggie rivers bursts into fiction with a force and style reminiscent of peter gent s classic bestseller north dallas forty. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. On a whim, he attended a training camp for the dallas cowboys, who asked him to join the team. He teaches at the school of the museum of fine arts, boston, and is a recent visiting lecturer at the department of visual and environmental studies at harvard.
The stage is bare and white, a single fir tree in the centre. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Twenty years after the events in north dallas forty lj 773, most of the characters and some new ones are leading lives far different from the playing days. Based on the popular novel by former dallas cowboy peter gent, north dallas forty depicts nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets, is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. Wall street journal hilarious, energetically reported and endlessly entertaining. It is not necessary to read north dallas forty before attempting this latest work by gent, but it. North dallas forty by peter gent overdrive rakuten. North dallas forty hardcover january 1, 1973 by peter gent author. Peter gent s classic novel looks at the seedy underbelly of the pro game, chronicling eight days in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for the texas team. North dallas forty peter gent 9781892129895 books north dallas forty. Certainly much has changed in nfl football in the approximately 50 years since this book was conceived by peter gent yet the bodily sacrifices of the players is likely similar with better medical. Almost exactly a decade after joe don looney arrived on campus at oklahoma to trash bud wilkinsons revered metanarrative of wholesome warriors striving for collective progressive, another running back even more rudely repudiated frank merriwells literary archetype of football chivalry.
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Adapted for the screen in 1979, this novel, written by ex dallas cowboy peter gent, is widely considered the best football novel of all time. Gent played basketball in college but tried out for the nfls dallas cowboys and caught on as an passcatching end. North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g. Having enjoyed both north dallas 40 and other titles by peter gent, i was surprised to find this particular title somewhat lacking. Its a glop of conspiracy theroies and leftover material from the first book mixed into an updated plot.
Isbn 9780840028174 looking out looking in 14th edition. Peter gent was born on august 23, 1942 in bangor, michigan, usa as george davis peter gent. A clear and effective approach to learning dbt skills. North dallas forty by peter gent nook book ebook barnes. At his careers end, gent turned to writing, debuting with the sensational north dallas forty, a look at the dark side of professional football, which was made into a film in 1979 starring nick nolte. The world of peter rabbit 23 vol box set white jacket. Read 30 days across america by christopher dwyer available from rakuten kobo. This book tells the story of parks struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth. A sequel by peter gent 1990, paperback, reprint at the best online. North dallas forty, the movie version of an autobiographical novel written by former dallas cowboy receiver pete gent, came to the silver screen.
The fast life begins to take its toll on two funloving but aging football players. It tells the story of a talented, but conflicted football player in the nfl. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. A classic novel about a week inside a pro football team on the field, the men who play football are gladiators, titans. Gent resided in bangor, michigan at the time of his death from a pulmonary disease on september 30, 2011,and was working on a novel. The first cowboy to wear his hair long, gent brought the 60s to one of americas most conservative franchises.
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