Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era

by Peter Golenbock

Peter Golenbock reveals the progression of the Dallas Cowboys during Tom Landry's reign from a winless expansion team to a Super Bowl champion, an era that covers 29 years.

Genres: Sports

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Golenbock grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and in 1963 graduated St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut. His heroes were Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. One day in the local library he discovered the book, The New York Yankees: An Informal History by Frank Graham ( G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943) and it made a strong impression on him.''

Golenbock graduated from Dartmouth College in 1967 and the New York University School of Law in 1970.

He was a radio sports talk show host in 1980 on station WOR in New York City. He was the color broadcaster for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball League in 1989-90 and has been a frequent guest on many of the top television and radio talk shows including "Biography on A&E," the "Fifty Greatest Athletes and the Dynasties on ESPN," "Good Morning America," "Larry King Live," "ESPN Classic," and the YES network.

Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his two basset hounds, Doris and Fred.

Reviews

[Jason Vicknair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book, not a great detail into the early years of the Cowboys but I do like the attention to Landry the person. Most folks don't realize he was a HS football legend and then after flying bombers in WWII, he played at UT with the legendary Bobby Layne. He played in the NFL and the most interesting tidbit is he coached with Lombardi (he on defense and the legendary Lombardi on offense). It's a good book for any Cowboys fan or sports history buff, but not one of my favorites.

If you need a trip down history to realize why we are America's Team, start here.

[Kevin Frelander · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a collection of vignettes of the historyof the NFLs most iconic franchise from the team's entrance into the league to its purchase by Jerry Jones. It covers everything from the basis for the intense rivalry with the Washington Redskins to the selection process of cheerleaders.