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King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones

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This is not a bad book and I certainly recommend it for Dallas Cowboy fans or Jerry Jones fans, if there are any. But, it seemed to me to be more like a really long magazine article than a good book. That may largely be because it is written in the mid 1990's and lots of things have happened since that really belong in a book about Jones' life.

Overall it is a pretty good read and informative, but I found myself making an effort to finish it rather than having to make an effort to put it down. Dent's book about the Junction boys and Bear Bryant is a much better effort and one that was written at a better time - afterwards rather than during the story. That one was hard to put down.

This book basically tells about Jerry from when he was growing up, through his time at high school and college, his business ventures, and his ownership of the Cowboys. A lot can be learned from Jerry whether you like him or not. Jerry is definitely a man who lives the credo "Business is Business".

You may/may not like the way he has gone about things in life.
But as a Cowboys fan, the bottom line is this: Jerry is what he is; but he wants to win. Rest assured, he will do everything he can to put a winner on the field. And when something is wrong, he will go out and fix it.

Jim Dent spent many years studying Jerry Jones and what he is about as a human, team owner and businessman. I personally was featured in this book after I attempted to interview Jerry. Jim Dent wrote it exactly like it happened!!