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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9781886228313
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gray & Company, Publishers
ISBN-10
1886228310
ISBN-13
9781886228313
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1202658
Product Key Features
Book Title
On Being Brown : What It Means to Be a Cleveland Browns Fan
Number of Pages
156 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Football, Essays, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-006760
Reviews
Those who . . . want to renew the bittersweet relationship between team and fan will enjoy this book., The 33 essays and interviews are as bite sized as pretzels, just as addictive . . . Each nostalgia cluster has a take on the relationship between team and town.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
796.332/64/0977132
Table Of Content
Introduction Brown Cleveland Stadium Orange Things My Father Saw "We always traveled first class": A Moment with Lou Groza 1964 "It can't be just a bunch of guys in brown uniforms": A Moment with Jim Brown The Cincinnati Game Brown on Brown: A Moment with Mike Brown "We want Phipps!" "I gave it my best": A Moment with Mike Phipps "I see what Paul Brown saw": A Moment with Paul Warfield The Pittsburgh Game "For those four hours I hated my friends": A Moment with Greg Pruitt Red Right 88 Almostness: A Moment with Brian Sipe Diaspora Out of Town Brown: A Moment with Harold Manson He Chose Us "All I remember is being a Browns fan": A Moment with Bernie Kosar Browns Backers Everywhere A Moment with Bob Grace and Jeff Wagner Things Change The Drive, the Fumble, and All That "Three Disappointments": A Moment with Ozzie Newsome Autographed Picture "No team will ever do that again": A Moment with Otto Graham Rumors of War and the Last Pittsburgh Game Big Dawg and the Man in the Brown Suit "Hundreds and hundreds of people openly weeping": The Last Home Game "It was just a spirit thing": A Moment with Earnest Byner Two Friends from Denver I Have Raked My Last Leaf The View from the Tunnel: A Few Words from Jerry Sherk Acknowledgments
Synopsis
What makes Browns fans so . . . different? These 33 essays explain: It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, rivalry, and electrifying victory. It's about longing. It's about heart. Includes interviews with Jim Brown, Lou Groza, Paul Warfield, Ozzie Newsome, and other legends., What is this madness all about? Anyone who has experienced it knows: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back--and got it? Why did three seasons without football fail even to dampen the enthusiasm? Why have we endured years of heartache (The Fumble, The Drive, "Red Right 88" . . .) yet grown ever more attached to the experience? These 33 essays hold the answer. Scott Huler's nostalgic memoirs, and his interviews with Browns legends and other fans, uncover those essential, special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all. It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, and learning how to root for the home team at your father's side. It's about rivalry and electrifying victory. It's about longing--for a return to past championships, for future glory. It's about heart. It's about all that, and much more. This odyssey takes Browns fans back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly heartbreaking moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. If you're Brown, you'll enjoy the ride., What is this madness all about? Anyone who has experienced it knows: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back--and got it? Why did three seasons without football fail even to dampen the enthusiasm? Why have we endured years of heartache (The Fumble, The Drive, "Red Right 88" ...) yet grown ever more attached to the experience? These 33 essays hold the answer. Scott Huler's nostalgic memoirs, and his interviews with Browns legends and other fans, uncover those essential, special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all. It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, and learning how to root for the home team at your father's side. It's about rivalry and electrifying victory. It's about longing--for a return to past championships, for future glory. It's about heart. It's about all that, and much more. This odyssey takes Browns fans back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly heartbreaking moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. If you're Brown, you'll enjoy the ride., Browns fans are ... different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back--and got it? Why did three seasons without football fail even to dampen the enthusiasm? Why have we endured years of heartache (The Fumble, The Drive, "Red Right 88" ...) yet grown ever more attached to the experience? These 33 essays hold the answer. Scott Huler's nostalgic memoirs, and his interviews with Browns legends and other fans, uncover those essential, special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all. Includes interviews with ... Jim Brown Bernie Kosar Otto Graham Lou Groza Paul Warfield Greg Pruitt Brian Sipe Ozzie Newsome Mike Phipps Earnest Byner Jerry Sherk It's about pride. It's about desire, tempered by crushing disappointment. It's about tradition, and learning how to root for the home team at your father's side. It's about rivalry and electrifying victory. It's about longing--for a return to past championships, for future glory. It's about heart. It's about all that, and much more. This odyssey takes Browns fans back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly heartbreaking moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. If you're Brown, you'll enjoy the ride.
LC Classification Number
GV956.C6H85 1999
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