American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback -- Seth Wickersham - Hardcover

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Wickersham, Seth
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American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback
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Publisher
Disney Publishing Worldwide
ISBN-10
1368099181
ISBN-13
9781368099189
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3073779736

Product Key Features

Book Title
American Kings : a Biography of the Quarterback
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Sports Psychology, Sociology of Sports, Football
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Seth Wickersham
Format
Hardcover

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1.4 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
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6.4 in

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Advance Praise for American Kings : " American Kings is an instant classic -- not just a great sports book but a great cultural history, revealing from every angle what it means to live in a country where "quarterback" is the coolest job title one can possess. Wickersham understands that it's the action and the athletes we crave, and lets the deeper meaning speak for itself. His ability to scan the field and make smart, crisp connections earns him standing with Plimpton and Halberstam among the finest sports chroniclers." -- Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize winning author of King: A Life , and Ali: A Life "Seth has written a masterpiece. American Kings is a unicorn of a book. There is the usual incredible reporting on the deep inner workings of the NFL that you've come to expect from Seth. There is the deep and surprising levels of access to everyone from Y.A. Tittle to Caleb Williams, from John Elway to Arch Manning. It just vibrates with the literary universal; the book becomes, by the end, a parable about American ambition, which feels like the exact window we need right now into our national psyche. This will go down as one of the greatest sports books ever, and one of the best books of the year period." --Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of Pappyland, The Barn, and The Cost of These Dreams "Catnip for sports fans" --Garden & Gun "Seth Wickersham's new work is subtitled A Biography of the Quarterback , and, yessir, it's not about a single quarterback, it's about all of them. It's about anybody who has ever played, aspired to play, or been obsessed with the quarterback position. It's about anybody who ever wanted to be king. ... Wickersham is now also in a class of his own, having learned to master the words and sentences and thoughts he earlier wrangled like unbranded cattle. .... Like a spiral into the future, we have this wonderful book. When it comes out, read it, folks. I urge you. It's not just about football. It's about a kingdom of its own." -- Rick Telander, National Sports Media Association Hall of Famer Praise for Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared, the National Sports Media Association's Book of the Year : "Seth Wickersham has managed to do the impossible: he has pulled off the definitive document of the Belichick/Brady dynasty." Bill Simmons, The Ringer "On my Mount Rushmore of sports books. The writing is fantastic, the reporting better." Peter King, NBC Sports "[A]n honest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written portrayal of perhaps the greatest and probably the most unlikely dynasty in modern professional sports . . . ." Chad Finn, Boston Globe "Wickersham's fly-on-the-wall accounts are fascinating . . . Exemplary sports journalism that examines the front office and dueling egos as much as the gridiron." Kirkus Reviews , starred review, Advance Praise for American Kings : "A must-buy for not only every serious football fan but also every actual quarterback, from high school to the Hall of Fame." -- New York Times / The Athletic "[The title] sounds grandiose until you realize just how much pressure rides on the shoulders of a quarterback, on and off the field.... To a certain degree, "American Kings" is not so different from any parable about the perils of ambition." -- The New Yorke r "Catnip for sports fans" --Garden & Gun "[Wickersham's] ability to scan the field and make smart, crisp connections earns him standing with Plimpton and Halberstam among the finest sports chroniclers." -- Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize winning author of King: A Life , and Ali: A Life "Seth Wickersham's new work is subtitled A Biography of the Quarterback , and, yessir, it's not about a single quarterback, it's about all of them. It's about anybody who has ever played, aspired to play, or been obsessed with the quarterback position. [...] read it, folks. I urge you. It's not just about football. It's about a kingdom of its own." -- Rick Telander, National Sports Media Association Hall of Famer "A unicorn of a book.... a parable about American ambition, which feels like the exact window we need right now into our national psyche. This will go down as one of the greatest sports books ever, and one of the best books of the year period." --Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of The Barn "No writer has ever gotten the quarterbacks who've become part of of our culture and part of our lives to reveal the nature and cost of their preeminence the way Seth has in the pages of his book... a book written in words that spiral." -- Tom Junod, two-time National Magazine Award winner and author of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man "What elevates American Kings above most books about the QB - and there have been many - is its ambition. Wickersham wants to explain not just how the position works, but why it matters: how it reflects American ideas about leadership, masculinity, power, and self-invention." -- Pigskin Books "A must-read for all football fans, but of particular interest to Denver Broncos fans." -- Broncos Wire / USA Today "Football fans and pigskin prognosticators both will love this book in a snap." -- The Miami Times Praise for Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared, the National Sports Media Association's Book of the Year : "The definitive document of the Belichick/Brady dynasty." Bill Simmons, The Ringer "On my Mount Rushmore of sports books. The writing is fantastic, the reporting better." Peter King, NBC Sports "[A]n honest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written portrayal of perhaps the greatest and probably the most unlikely dynasty in modern professional sports . . . ." Chad Finn, Boston Globe, Advance Praise for American Kings : " American Kings is an instant classic -- not just a great sports book but a great cultural history, revealing from every angle what it means to live in a country where "quarterback" is the coolest job title one can possess. Wickersham understands that it's the action and the athletes we crave, and lets the deeper meaning speak for itself. His ability to scan the field and make smart, crisp connections earns him standing with Plimpton and Halberstam among the finest sports chroniclers." -- Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize winning author of King: A Life , and Ali: A Life "[A] unicorn of a book. There is the usual incredible reporting on the deep inner workings of the NFL that you've come to expect from Seth. There is the deep and surprising levels of access to everyone from Y.A. Tittle to Caleb Williams, from John Elway to Arch Manning.... [T]he book becomes, by the end, a parable about American ambition, which feels like the exact window we need right now into our national psyche. This will go down as one of the greatest sports books ever, and one of the best books of the year period." --Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of Pappyland, The Barn, and The Cost of These Dreams "Catnip for sports fans" --Garden & Gun "Seth Wickersham's new work is subtitled A Biography of the Quarterback , and, yessir, it's not about a single quarterback, it's about all of them. It's about anybody who has ever played, aspired to play, or been obsessed with the quarterback position. It's about anybody who ever wanted to be king. ... Like a spiral into the future, we have this wonderful book. When it comes out, read it, folks. I urge you. It's not just about football. It's about a kingdom of its own." -- Rick Telander, National Sports Media Association Hall of Famer "No writer has ever gotten the quarterbacks who've become part of of our culture and part of our lives to reveal the nature and cost of their preeminence the way Seth has in the pages of his book... a book written in words that spiral." -- Tom Junod, two-time National Magazine Award winner and author of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man Praise for Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared, the National Sports Media Association's Book of the Year : "The definitive document of the Belichick/Brady dynasty." Bill Simmons, The Ringer "On my Mount Rushmore of sports books. The writing is fantastic, the reporting better." Peter King, NBC Sports "[A]n honest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written portrayal of perhaps the greatest and probably the most unlikely dynasty in modern professional sports . . . ." Chad Finn, Boston Globe "Wickersham's fly-on-the-wall accounts are fascinating . . . Exemplary sports journalism that examines the front office and dueling egos as much as the gridiron." Kirkus Reviews , starred review, Praise for Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared, the National Sports Media Association's Book of the Year : "Seth Wickersham has managed to do the impossible: he has pulled off the definitive document of the Belichick/Brady dynasty." Bill Simmons, The Ringer "On my Mount Rushmore of sports books. The writing is fantastic, the reporting better." Peter King, NBC Sports "[A]n honest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written portrayal of perhaps the greatest and probably the most unlikely dynasty in modern professional sports . . . [Wickersham] draws richly detailed portraits of Brady, Belichick, the dynasty's third constant in owner Robert Kraft, and how their personalities and relationships changed through the years . . ." Chad Finn, Boston Globe "Wickersham's fly-on-the-wall accounts are fascinating, but he's at his best when he explains, carefully and evenhandedly, how the business of football works. . . Exemplary sports journalism that examines the front office and dueling egos as much as the gridiron." Kirkus Reviews , starred review
Synopsis
"A MUST BUY" -- New York Times / The Athletic New York Book Festival - General Nonfiction Winner "An instant classic--not just a great sports book but a great cultural history." --Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. The New York Times bestselling author of It's Better to be Feared examines football's QB lifecycle: high school, college, the NFL, retirement--and all that comes with it. The quarterback: the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized, and worshipped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the backyard to Pop Warner, from high school to college, from the NFL to the Hall of Fame, becoming the country's ultimate idol requires single-minded focus while navigating a maze of bad breaks, insecurities, jealousy, pressure, and fame. Long known as the outsider's guide into this elite world, Seth Wickersham's fresh reporting goes deep into the quarterback journey, measuring the distance between what the men who have traveled it expected and what they found at the end of the road. Through unprecedented access into the lives of dozens of quarterbacks and generational greats such as Johnny Unitas, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Warren Moon, Steve Young, and others, as well as those figures striving to be remembered, like Caleb Williams and Arch Manning, Wickersham reveals how this one position has become emblematic of success in American life. As an inside look into a uniquely American job and a uniquely American obsession with football, American Kings is a must-read for sports fans and anyone who wants to understand what the price of ambition tells us about the quest for achievement and status., *** The Instant New York Times bestseller *** "A MUST BUY" - New York Times / The Athletic New York Book Festival . General Nonfiction Winner "An instant classic-not just a great sports book but a great cultural history." -Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King- A Life Pull back the curtain on the most powerful position in all of sports. The New York Times bestselling author of It's Better to be Feared examines football's QB lifecycle- high school, college, the NFL, retirement-and all that comes with it. The quarterback- the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized, and worshipped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and millions of social media followers comes the dream. From the backyard to Pop Warner, from high school to college, from the NFL to the Hall of Fame, becoming the country's ultimate idol requires single-minded focus while navigating a maze of bad breaks, insecurities, jealousy, pressure, and fame. Long known as the outsider's guide into this elite world, Seth Wickersham's fresh reporting goes deep into the quarterback journey, measuring the distance between what the men who have traveled it expected and what they found at the end of the road. Through unprecedented access into the lives of dozens of quarterbacks and generational greats such as Johnny Unitas, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Warren Moon, Steve Young, and others, as well as those figures striving to be remembered, like Caleb Williams and Arch Manning, Wickersham reveals how this one position has become emblematic of success in American life. As an inside look into a uniquely American job and a uniquely American obsession with football, American Kings is a must-read for sports fans and anyone who wants to understand what the price of ambition tells us about the quest for achievement and status.

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