Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies [Paperback]

Michael Holmes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1998

From the glory years of Landry and Staubach, the Cowgirls and the Super Bowl, to the bizarre reign of error, terror, and hilarity of the 90s Dallas Cowboys under their flamboyant owner Jerry Jones (the man San Francisco 49ers general manager Carmen Policy describes as a "snake-oil salesman" and "a gunslinger"'; the man who Art Modell says "never met a camera he didn't like"); and ex-coaches Jimmy "Jerry Jones don't know shit" Johnson and Barry "All this because of a handful of dopin', rapin', shootin' kids" Switzer, this collection of wit and wisdom presents the rise and fall of the football team all America loves to hate. The receptions, first downs, rushing records, touchdowns, acquittals, and convictions are covered. Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies provides every NFL fan with the vital stats they need to be up to date with antics of the run-and-gun boys from the wild west.

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"Gentlemen, nothing funny ever happens on the football field." -- Tom Landry

"I think adversity is not a real good thing." -- Troy Aikman

About the Author

Michael Holmes is the author of Got No Flag at All. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: ECW Press (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550223593
• ISBN-13: 978-1550223590
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,002,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Dallas-bashing, Cowboy-hating book I thought . . ., September 11, 2008

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Fred Goodwin "Old school Cowboys fan" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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Review: Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies, by Michael Holmes

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

Holmes, Michael. Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies, Toronto, ECW Press. 1998. PB, 96p, illus., list: 8.95, ISBN: 1-55022-359-3

As a Dallas Cowboys fan, given the title, I was expecting the worst. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find a minimum of editorializing and Cowboy-bashing by the author -- rather, he lets the principals (in most cases) speak for themselves.

The book comprises 16 "weeks" (chapters) consisting almost exclusively of quotes from Cowboy players, coaches and management. There are also a few quotes from authors and reporters. All of the usual suspects are included: Lance Rentzel, Pete Gent, Duane Thomas, Hollywood Henderson, Michael Irvin, Erik Williams, Barry Switzer, Deion Sanders, etc. But Holmes also includes not-so-flattering quotes from some of the supposedly "good guys" like Tom Landry, Walt Garrison, Jimmy Johnson and Troy Aikman.

I do have one complaint: Holmes includes several facts regarding the fall of Barry Switzer as OU head coach. I'm not sure how that is related to the Dallas Cowboys, but such obvious sensationalizing was probably included to spur sales among Cowboy-bashers or OU-haters.

Despite that failing, Cowboy fans may want to give this thin volume a look. I think if you read it with an open mind, you can't help but shake your head at some of the dumb things mentioned therein. Of course, we are all human, so I won't judge what others have done.

"There, but for the grace of God, go I".

© Copyright Sep 11, 2008 by Fred Goodwin,[...]