{"product_id":"9781480806948","title":"The Leather Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wow! A story that encapsulates college football in the ’60s. From Edison Green attempting to challenge the stigma that a black man could not be a big-time college quarterback to Quintus LeClaire, the Vietnam veteran lost until fate gives him the opportunity to rekindle his life through football and become the ‘blue-chipper who fell through the cracks,’ to the life struggles of coach Ben Steinbrecher, called the Leather Man, who faces his challenges and finds himself as a result, this is a must-read from cover to cover.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—Dave Campo, former Dallas Cowboys coach\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCanyon City, in southern Idaho, is the home of Canyon State College, a small school in possession of a large football coach—Ben Steinbrecher, a man as strong as Samson and just as rooted in the Bible through his minister father.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eKnown to some as “the Leather Man,” the coach is doing his best to raise his mentally handicapped son in a loving home while the love in his marriage dwindles. Already kept from an NFL career by a knee injury, Steinbrecher’s frustrations pile up while his coaching career blossoms until, inevitably, he hits the brink of human endurance. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe coach’s team is peopled with characters such as Latin-quoting war hero Quintus LeClaire, dropped into Canyon State’s football program because of a Vietnam flashback and a chance encounter with a good cop, along with straight arrow David Talty, raised by colorful Uncle Joe; menacing Brock Banning; and Preston “Taters” Jones. All play a role in elevating the program and in shaping Steinbrecher’s path toward the ultimate test of his beliefs and his will to live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136174211312,"sku":"9781480806948","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480806948_p0.jpg?v=1763620557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480806948","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}