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  • Joe Louis

    by Randy Roberts ...
    A "humbling, inspiring . . . deeply emotional" biography of the boxing legend who held the heavyweight world championship for more than eleven years ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Known as the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title an astonishing twenty-five times. Through the 1930s, he got more column inches of newspaper coverage than President Roosevelt. At a time when the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Team For America

    The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation at War

    by Randy Roberts ...
    "A rousing celebration of a moment in history when college football was more than metaphor and entertainment, it was a gritty sidebar to real war.” — Robert Lipsyte, author of An Accidental SportswriterEach year the Army and Navy football teams meet for one epic game. Across the nation, fans tune in to see who will emerge victorious. But no game will ever match the one that was played on December ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Screen Inspirations

    by Randy Roberts ...
    This memoir provides a unique glimpse into the character trails from some iconic TV personas of the 1970's and 1980's. Some of these include Jim Rockford from The Rockford Files, Archie Bunker from All in the Family, Jack Tripper from Three's Company, and Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties. I describe how these traits have infiltrated my personality through many of my own personal stories and how the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • But They Can't Beat Us!: Oscar Robertson and the Crispus Attucks Tigers

    by Randy Roberts ...
    The Crispus Attucks High School basketball teams of 1955 and 1956 made Indiana basketball history as the first all-black team to win a state championship and then as the first undefeated team ever to win the championship. The story of Oscar Robertson’s dedication to the game and of the unforgettable Attucks’s teams of the 1950s are told in this inspiring book that brings together race, joy, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Blood Brothers

    The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

    by Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith ...
    An “engrossing and important book" (Wall Street Journal) that brings to life the fateful friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad AliIn 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world. But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam, saw the potential in Clay, not just for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • John Wayne: American

    American

    by James S. Olson, Randy Roberts ...
    Based on over five years of interview and archival research, John Wayne: American explains the appeal of Wayne's abiding "Americanness" and how he became such a revered icon.**No American has been more identified with his country than John Wayne. For millions of people from the heartland to the furthest corners of the earth, he simply is America. Wayne virtually defined the role of the cowboy and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • War Fever

    Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War

    by Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith ...
    A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard law student Charles Whittlesey.In the fall of 1918, a fever gripped Boston. The streets emptied as paranoia about the deadly Spanish flu spread. Newspapermen and vigilante investigators aggressively ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Fight of His Life

    Joe Louis's Battle for Freedom During World War II

    by Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith ...
    **The boxing champion whose fight against the Nazis in and out of the ring made him a global icon“A sharp, hard-hitting, beautifully written account of one of the greatest sports figures in all American history.”―Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A Life**During the 1930s and 1940s, no African American athlete commanded the spotlight more than heavyweight boxer Joe Louis. His ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • A Season in the Sun

    The Rise of Mickey Mantle

    by Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith ...
    The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 seasonMickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland.In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Line in the Sand

    The Alamo in Blood and Memory

    by Randy Roberts, James S. Olson ...
    Acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and James Olson use a wealth of archival sources—including the diary of José Enrique de la Peña—to retell the story of the Alamo for a new generation of Americans.In late February and early March of 1836, the Mexican Army—commanded by General Antonio López de Santa Anna—besieged a small force of Anglo and Tejano rebels at a mission known as the Alamo. The ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Road to Madness

    How the 1973-1974 Season Transformed College Basketball

    by J. Samuel Walker, Randy Roberts ...
    The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 1973–74 season as pivotal in the making of this now legendary postseason tournament. In an era when only one team per conference could compete, the dramatic defeat of coach John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins by the North Carolina State ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Rising Tide

    Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter

    by Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski ...
    The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports-changed the game of college football ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook