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Life, Death, and the New York Giants
Harper
September 2007
On Sale: September 1, 2007
240 pages
ISBN: 0061209139
EAN: 9780061209130
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
I DREAM IN BLUE is the uproarious and impassioned story
of how one middle–aged fan ran away from his everyday
life in order to join the ranks of his favorite team on
earth: the New York Giants. Director spends the
2006–2007 season up close and personal with Big Blue,
in the locker room and on the practice field, schmoozing
with fan favorites like Tiki Barber, arguably the league's
best running back, who announces mid–way through the
season that this will be his last, and famed quarterback Eli
Manning, who faces, among other challenges, the pressures
imposed on him by his impressive pedigree. But while
the players are propped up by battalions of trainers,
doctors, physical therapists, mental health professionals,
nutritionists, film technicians, locker room attendants,
media advisers and the best of coaches, Director guts it out
with Big Blue all on his own –– without even the
benefit of getting his ankles taped. Refusing to let
anything get in his way –– not his
fumble–prone television career, not the very same
degenerative hip disease that forced the great Bo Jackson
off the gridiron, not even planning his daughter's
bat–mitzvah from the road –– he is there
with the team from the first snap of summer camp to the
final gun of the season. And like the players he adores,
he's got only one end in mind: the Super Bowl. Along
the way, Director tells the story of how a family business,
founded with only $500 by an Irish bookmaker in the gaudy
Prohibition era of Red Grange, Jack Dempsey, Will Rogers,
and Babe Ruth, has endured to become an essential component
of New York City's heartbeat –– and also the
heartbeat of Director, our tour–guide through this
great athletic dynasty. Ultimately, I DREAM IN BLUE is the
story of a desperate Hail Mary –– a
die–hard fan's quest to have one last endzone
celebration.
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