In this rich history of the team that has long brought together Washingtonians of all backgrounds, the renowned Washington Post sports staff-using fresh interviews as well as the historic record-weaves compelling tales about Washington's team. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword (George Solomon) Introduction (Thomas Boswell) Chapter 1: In the Beginning (William Gildea), George Preston Marshall (Shirley Povich), Sammy Baugh (Shirley Povich), Trivia Quiz 1 Chapter 2 - The 1950s and 1960s: Trying to Kick the Losing Habit (Ken Denlinger), Trivia Quiz 2, Sonny Jurgensen (Anthony Cotton) Chapter 3 - The 1970s: Heading Down the Glory Road (Leonard Shapiro), Fans from Someplace Else (Michael Wilbon), Trivia Quiz 3 Chapter 4 - The 1980s: As Good as It Gets (David Sell), Art Monk (Richard Justice), Trivia Quiz 4 Chapter 5 - The 1990s: Another Championship - And Beyond (Richard Justice), Trapped in a Joke (Tony Kornheiser), Trivia Quiz 5 Chapter 6 - The Stadium That Jack Kent Cooke Built (Thomas Heath) Names and Numbers: All the Players and Games Trivia Quiz Answers Index
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A great idea, careless and unprofessional execution,
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As a die hard Redskins fan, I was very sorry to see this excellent concept so badly muffed. The idea behind this book is to cash in on the Washington Post vault, providing great photos and articles combined with new pieces by long-time Skins beat reporters to tie it all together. Sadly, whoever edited and proofread this thing reeeally dropped the ball. Sentences at the bottom of the page are repeated at the top of the next, photographs are mislabeled, pieces of sentences are missing, words are chopped off in the middle. Probably still of some value for the die hard Skins fan, but a real black eye for the Washington Post. If their newspaper were produced as shoddily, Richard Nixon would have finished his second term.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
not as bad as advertised,
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Yes, there are some typos and such in the early chapters but the book isn't as lousy as described in the 2-star review. Most of the problems are hyphen-ated words that are not at the end of a page or line. It is like the typeset was changed but the book was not reproofed. Still, there is a lot of good information in the book. I think it covers items that Loverro's book (very good as well) ignored or glossed over-- how Gibbs wanted to sign and trade Riggo and how Joe Jacoby ended up sticking around in that first camp. The Times summary makes it sound like Gibbs and Beathard were geniuses building a team. This book shows that they were also lucky geniuses. If you are a Skins fan, you should own this book. I see there is also a newer edition out with the Synder years (ugh).
4.0 out of 5 stars
not as bad as advertised,
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This review is from: Redskins: A history of Washington's team (Paperback)
Yes, there are some typos and such in the early chapters but the book isn't as lousy as described in the 2-star review. Most of the problems are hyphen-ated words that are not at the end of a page or line. It is like the typeset was changed but the book was not reproofed. Still, there is a lot of good information in the book. I think it covers items that Loverro's book (very good as well) ignored or glossed over-- how Gibbs wanted to sign and trade Riggo and how Joe Jacoby ended up sticking around in that first camp. The Times summary makes it sound like Gibbs and Beathard were geniuses building a team. This book shows that they were also lucky geniuses. If you are a Skins fan, you should own this book. I see there is also a newer edition out with the Synder years (ugh).
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