The Bear by Don Keith

The Bear by Don Keith

Many biographies have been written about the larger-than-life college football coach Paul Bear Bryant as well as an autobiography containing the coaches own memories. Other works have focused on an aspect of Bryant's career, his coaching methods, or his philosophy. The Bear: The Legendary Life of Coach Paul Bear Bryant stands alone among them all.

Based on a screenplay by the late sportswriter and columnist Al Browning, it showcases many of the most memorable moments of Bryant's life--many of them told by the coach himself--as stories filled with the immediacy and drama that go with a good story told well. The relationship Bryant and Browning shared went beyond that of coach and journalist. They were close friends, giving Browning a unique view of the man that few people had ever seen, especially in Bryant's final years before his retirement and death a short while later.

Some of the stories in this book have been heard before, but without the rich background and detail conveyed here. As such, the book validates many of them while clarifying others and occasionally correcting some inaccuracies.

I just have a taken for finding the heart of a football team, Bryant once explained, and it was certainly true. It is equally true that All Browning found the heart of Bryant, and The Bear: The Legendary Life of Coach Paul Bear Bryant has captured the essence of the man from Fordyce, Arkansas, for whom winning was no just the most important thing. It was the only thing.

Don Keith is a journalist with decades of experience across various media. As a broadcast journalist, he won awards from the Associated Press and UPI for news writing and reporting, received the first Hector Award from Troy University for innovation in broadcast journalism, and was twice named Billboard's radio personality of the year for his work in Birmingham and Nashville. As a print journalist, his writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Congressional Quarterly, and American Legion. He is author or co-author of thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Hunter Killer, the basis of a 2018 movie starring Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler. He lives outside Birmingham, Alabama. David Rocco retired from the New York Housing Authority after a career of twenty years. Since then, he has volunteered for cultural and environmental initiatives in the Hudson Valley and New York City area, including a major role in redeveloping the Walkway over the Hudson project and extensive work at Mount Beacon. He lives in Yorktown, New York.

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ISBN 13	9781581825626
ISBN 10	1581825625
Title	The Bear
Author	Don Keith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cumberland House Publishing,US
Year published	2006-09-14
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.