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Also by Joe Posnanski:

Why We Love Baseball, September 2023
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Paterno, September 2012
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The Soul of Baseball, April 2007
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PATERNO
By: Joe Posnanski

Simon & Schuster
September 2012
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Featuring: Joe Paterno
352 pages
ISBN: 1451657498
EAN: 9781451657494
Kindle: B00768D3OO
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography

Joe Posnanski’s biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi. Having gained unprecedented access to Paterno, as well as the coach’s personal notes and files, Posnanski spent the last two years of Paterno’s life covering the coach, on (and off) the field and through the scandal that ended Paterno’s legendary career.

Joe Posnanski, who in 2012 was named the Best Sportswriter in America by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, was with Paterno and his family as a horrific national scandal unfolded and Paterno was fired. Within three months, Paterno died of lung cancer, a tragic end to a life that was epic, influential, and operatic.

Paterno is the fullest description we will ever have of the man’s character and career. In this honest and surprising portrait, Joe Posnanski brings new insight and understanding to one of the most controversial figures in America.

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