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Also by Robert Bausch:

The Legend of Jesse Smoke, September 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Far As The Eye Can See, November 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Out of Season, September 2005
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The Legend of Jesse Smoke
Robert Bausch

Bloomsbury
September 2016
On Sale: August 30, 2016
400 pages
ISBN: 1632863979
EAN: 9781632863973
Kindle: B01DM9Q6BW
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction

When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile.

Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football League, he decides to sign her to the Redskins, even as he faces losing his job and credibility. As the first woman on a major NFL team, Jesse Smoke's astounding success places her in the tradition of athletes like Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. Yet Smoke is quickly faced with her own battles, including the clamors of the press, the violence of her teammates, and the institutional resistance that seeks to keep football in the hands of men.

While a female quarterback in the NFL is a fantasy at the moment, Robert Bausch's genius as a writer makes it a highly engaging reality on the page. Fans of football--and readers who were just waiting for a player worth getting excited about--will relish Jesse Smoke's journey to the big leagues.

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