{"product_id":"9780312348762","title":"Coach: The Life of Paul Bear Bryant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Revised \u0026amp; Updated\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two decades after his death, Paul \"Bear\" Bryant's imposing shadow still towers over the sport of college football. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twenty-five years at the University of Alabama, and thirteen years before that at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A\u0026amp;M, Bryant pushed his players to excel with a combination of charisma and fear, winning 323 games and six national championships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this definitive portrait of a rough-hewn man with an extraordinary gift for leadership, Keith Dunnavant shows how Bryant survived headline-grabbing controversies and the vagaries of a changing social landscape to become college football's greatest coach and the foremost Southern icon of his time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoach \u003c\/i\u003eis the epic story of a larger-than-life figure who overcame poverty and insecurity with intense desire and steely will, reflecting the transformational power of the American experience while emerging as a beacon of pride for Alabamians who felt defensive about their place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCoach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The definitive Bear Bryant biography.... The first serious attempt to portray Bryant as he really was....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-John Pruett, \u003ci\u003eThe Huntsville Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bryant's story says volumes about America and that story is very ably told by Dunnavant....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-Geoffrey Norman, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Way\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Balanced and intelligent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A masterful job.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dunnavant skillfully raised my eyebrows...[in] a robust and revealing biography of college football's greatest coach.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-Paul Finebaum, \u003ci\u003eBirmingham Post-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thoroughly captivating read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-Larry Woody, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e(Nashville)\u003ci\u003e Tennessean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thanks to Dunnavant, the Bear has a biography that does him justice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—-\u003ci\u003eThe Sporting News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012542873840,"sku":"9780312348762","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312348762_p0.jpg?v=1763676563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312348762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}