| Description |
xv, 365 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Summary |
"A gift for every fan: The definitive narrative history of the New England Patriots, illustrated with more than 200 photographs and including original sidebars and essays by Patriots chroniclers Leigh Montville, Upton Bell, Howard Bryant, Lesley Visser, and more"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : overtime -- Cradle of the game : the origins of football and the pro game in Boston / by Richard A. Johnson -- Where fools rush in -- Almost, 1960-1963 / by Phil Bissell -- Promises, promises, 1964-1970 -- Clive Rush / by Leigh Montville -- When you're having more than one ... 1970-1975 -- The night the carburetors died / by Upton Bell -- The long goodbye, 1976-1980 -- Boston/New England patriots / by Lesley Visser -- The last shall be (almost) first, 1981-1985 -- Close shaves, 1986-1992 -- Enter the Tuna, 1993-1996 -- A Sunday mug shot / by George Plimpton -- Jacked and not so pumped, 1997-1999 -- No looking back / by Howard Bryant -- The coach and the quarterback, 2000-2001 -- How did these guys win? / by Ron Borges -- Back-to-back, 2002-2004 -- Almost perfect, 2005-2008 -- No excuse for losing, 2008-2011 -- Patriots rising, 2012-2014 -- Deflated ... and elated, 2015-2016 -- Dynasties end?, 2017. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
New England Patriots (Football team) -- History.
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New England Patriots (Football team) (OCoLC)fst00564600
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Football.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Dick, 1955- editor, author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Stout, Glenn, 1958- Pats. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9781328915153 (DLC) 2018019656 |
| ISBN |
9781328917409 (hardcover) |
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1328917401 (hardcover) |
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