With extensive reporting and engrossing storytelling, Jim Baker and Bernard Corbett give us the scenes of one of the NFL's most successful and popular franchises. Interviews with Giants legends who participated in these historic moments put us behind closed doors in the commissioner's office during a fixed game in 1946, in the backfield wit Frank Gifford as the Giants advance to the championship in 1958, and in the huddle with Eli Manning as he diagrams the play that would result in the deciding touchdown in the 2008 Super Bowl.
With an eye for memorable details and historical significance, Baker and Corbett let the players themselves tell the war stories that all Giants fans love to relive, and in so doing, construct an engrossing and exciting history of the team and the sport.
The book will also feature revealing statistical sidebars and fresh analysis of the games that throw new light on the history of the team.
Jim Baker is a regular contributor to ESPN.com's "Page 2," which receives more than 100,000 hits daily. He is the coauthor of
Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball (Rodale, 2008) and has contributed to such popular books as
The Bill James Abstract (a
New York Times best-seller);
The Bill James Historical Abstract (named one of the best baseball books of all-time by
Time Magazine);
Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning; and
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. He was also a regular contributor to
the Baseball Prospectus website as well as its annuals. He resides in Austin, Texas, and has spent a lifetime rooting for the football Cardinals.
Bernard M. Corbett is the radio voice of Harvard University football and Boston University hockey. He is the author and coauthor of fourteen books, including The Only Game That Matters: The Harvard/Yale Rivalry (Crown/Random House, 2004), as well as The Beanpot: Fifty Years of Thrills, Spills and Chills; On the Ice (with Wayne Gretzky); and On the Court (with Grant Hill). He lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and is a lifelong New York Football Giants fan and season-ticket holder.
“Jim Baker and Bernard Corbett have captured a living history of some of the most classic games in the NFL, and they have done it in a style that puts you right in the moment of these memorable Sunday games.”—Ernie Accorsi, former general manager of the New York Giants
“You’ll never think about pro football the same way after reading this book.”—Allen Barra
“You feel like you’re watching the game all over again. It’s a truly great book.”—GiantsGab.com
“If you’re a Giant fan thick and thin, this book is for you.”—GiantsFootballBlog.com
