North dallas forty by peter gent overdrive rakuten. His first and most famous book, a semiautobiographical novel entitled north dallas forty, was published in 1973. The first cowboy to wear his hair long, gent brought the 60s to one of americas most conservative franchises. North dallas forty hall of fame series book 1 peter gent author 2011 chuck noll the library of pittsburgh sports history series michael. Others, like meat on the hoof or instant replay, are recognizably about a time past but can still profitably be read in the present. North dallas forty paperback january 1, 2003 by peter gent author. North dallas forty by peter gent is a novelized equivalent of baseballs nonfiction ball four by jim bouton. North dallas forty 1979, directed by ted kotcheff first blood and adapted from a semiautobiographical novel by peter gent, gets an extra super bowl xlv relevance point for incorporating a. Of course, it is a reprisal of the characters we met in the original nd40 but quite a few years have passed and the lives of the main characters are not quite the same as they were. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. North dallas forty by peter gent, 1974, new american library edition, in english north dallas forty 1974 edition open library. Spradlin set in the decadent world of american professional football in the late 1970s. Read online 2c3294 north dallas forty by peter gent book pdf free download link book now. North dallas forty peter gent 9781892129895 books north dallas forty.
Almost four decades after it was published, north dallas forty remains the best novel ever written about american football. Peter gent wrote two of the greatest sports fiction books ever, north dallas forty and the franchise. North dallas after forty 1990 edition open library. George davis peter gent august 23, 1942 september 30, 2011 was a wide receiver in the. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. At his careers end, gent turned to writing, debuting with the sensational north dallas forty, a look at the dark side of professional football, which was made into a film in 1979 starring nick nolte. Having enjoyed both north dallas 40 and other titles by peter gent, i was surprised to find this particular title somewhat lacking. Be the first to ask a question about north dallas after 40. Start reading north dallas forty on your kindle in under a minute. Loosely based on the dallas cowboys team of the early 1970s. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
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North dallas forty hardcover june 10, 1905 by peter gent author. This book is a fictional account of eight harrowing days in the. In doing so, he finds himself at odds with the teams management. Author and former dallas cowboys receiver peter gent saw his nflexposing book turned into an exceptional movie about the game in. Read north dallas forty by peter gent available from rakuten kobo. With nick nolte, charles durning, mac davis, dayle haddon.
Read online 2c3294north dallas forty by peter gent book pdf free download link book now. North dallas forty ebook by peter gent rakuten kobo. Both were based on true characters and events and tore the curtain off the real nfl of the late 60s and early 70s. Pdf north dallas forty peter gent 9781892129895 books north dallas forty peter gent 9781892129895 books download as pdf. Mixing the potent thrills of the gridiron with a flavorful, occasionally harrowing, depiction of what happens in the. American footballer who wrote the hit novel north dallas. North dallas forty is a 1979 american sports comedydrama film starring nick nolte, mac davis, and g.
North dallas after forty by peter gent, paperback barnes. Buy north dallas forty by peter gent online at alibris. Gents first work, north dallas forty 1973, is a semiautobiographical account of the last playing days of phil. Publication date 1974 publisher new york new american library. Protagonist phil elliott tells the story of the dallas cowboys of the 60s who party, drink, use drugs, womanize, endure terrible pain, suffer racism, and feel fear. Author and former dallas cowboys receiver peter gent saw his nflexposing book. A semifictional account of life as a professional americanstyle football player. Read will grant, center field by jean joachim available from rakuten kobo. Onetime dallas cowboy peter gents tellall novel about the big business of football is the source for ted kotcheffs film, which explores the destructive world faced by nfl players both on and. North dallas forty 1973, by peter gent, was made into a move of the same name, starring nick nolte. A classic novel about a week inside a pro football team on the field, the men who play football are gladiators, titans. North dallas forty by peter gent nook book ebook barnes. Some, like paper lion, feel old, artifacts of their times. North dallas forty hardcover january 1, 1973 by peter gent author.
Just before talking to burgin, in fact, i read a savage novel called north dallas forty, by excowboy flanker pete gent, and it had cranked up my interest in both dallas and the cowboys enough so. Read north dallas forty online by peter gent books free 30day. George davis peter gent was a michigan state university basketball player and national football league wide receiver turned novelist. His body already racked with multiple injuries, phil elliot played by nick nolte in the major film of 1978 is a cynical tight end hooked on painkillers and other mindaltering substances who. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. It was directed by ted kotcheff and based on the bestselling novel by peter gent. Peter gents classic novel looks at the seedy underbelly of the pro game, chronicling eight days in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for the texas. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. View cd page at fsm site more details north dallas forty 1979 was a critically and commercially successful adaptation of peter gents 1973 novel which chronicledin thinly fictionalized formthe five seasons the author spent playing for the national football league. Peter gent, 69, a onetime wide receiver with the dallas cowboys, whose 1973 novel, north dallas forty, exposed the drug use, hypocrisy and pervasive pain in the life of a pro football team. North dallas forty paperback october 30, 2000 by peter gent author.
Friday night lights study guide from litcharts the. He became a novelist after his retirement, authoring the bestseller north dallas forty. By using the web site, you confirm that you have read. American footballer who wrote the hit novel north dallas forty footballs violence and military ethos seemed to sum up the worst aspects of the us. Phillip elliott nick nolte is a veteran passcatcher for the north dallas bulls, who bear a strong resemblance to the dallas cowboysnot surprising. Based on the popular novel by former dallas cowboy peter gent, north dallas forty depicts nolte as an aging ballplayer who, through a woman he meets, is drawn away from the masculine, violent world in which he has lived so long. The week 11 sportsdayhs texas high school football hero is. Adapted for the screen in 1979, this novel, written by exdallas cowboy peter gent, is widely considered the best football novel of all time. After years of playing in the minors, will grant is called up to the majors as the new starting centerfielder for the n.
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