The Blind Side
Evolution of a Game
New York : W.W. Norton, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 299 pages ; 25 cm
The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football.
What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.
What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.
Contents:
Back story -- The market for football players -- Crossing the line -- The blank slate -- Death of a lineman -- Inventing Michael -- The pasta coach -- Character courses -- Birth of a star -- The egg bowl -- Freak of nurture -- And Moses stuttered.
Subjects:
Oher, Michael.
University of Mississippi -- Football.
Football players -- United States -- Biography.
College sports -- United States.
Oher, Michael.
University of Mississippi -- Football.
Football players -- United States -- Biography.
College sports -- United States.
Target Audience: 980L
ISBN:
039306123X (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Oher, Michael | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Oher, Michael | North Main | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Oher, Michael | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | Out (Due: ) |
BIOGRAPHY Oher, Michael | Southeast | Biography | In |