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Sixteen and Counting

Sixteen and Counting

The National Championships of Alabama Football

Edited by Kenneth Gaddy

Introduction by Kenneth Gaddy

Foreword by Bill Battle

Contributions by Eryk Anders, Javier Arenas, Wayne Atcheson, Allen Barra, John David Briley, Tommy Deas, Mitch Dobbs, Andrew Doyle, Keith Dunnavant, Winston Groom, Barrett Jones, Walter Maddox, Kirk McNair, Delbert Reed, Tom Roberts, Phil Savage, Gene Stallings, Erik Stinnett, Steve Townsend and Taylor Watson

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780817319694

Pub Date: August 2017

Format: Hardcover

Dramatic accounts of every University of Alabama National Championship football season recounted by noted sports writers, players, and Alabamians.
Ain’t Nothin’ But a Winner

Ain't Nothin' But a Winner

Bear Bryant, The Goal Line Stand, and a Chance of a Lifetime

by Barry Krauss and Joe M. Moore

Foreword by Don Shula

Price: $24.95

ISBN: 9780817358648

Pub Date: September 2016

Format: Paperback

A rollicking memoir from the linebacker at the heart of the most famous Alabama football play of all time
Motorcycling Alabama

Motorcycling Alabama

50 Ride Loops through the Heart of Dixie

by David Haynes

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9780817355289

Pub Date: April 2011

Format: Paperback

A much-needed guidebook for one of the most beautiful states to explore on two wheels
The Crimson Tide

The Crimson Tide

The Official Illustrated History of Alabama Football, National Championship Edition

Foreword by Allen Barra

Contributions by Jeremiah Castille

by Winston Groom

Price: $49.95

ISBN: 9780817317331

Pub Date: September 2010

Format: Hardcover

The book to settle all bets! A lively illustrated history of the University of Alabama football teams that have dominated college football and ranked consistently among the best in the nation and now with 13 national championships to its credit. This updated National Championship Edition contains two new chapters to cover the dark days at the beginning of the 21st century and the dawn of the Nick Saban era.

Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity

Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity

The National Pastime and American Identity During the War on Terror

by Michael L. Butterworth

Price: $44.95

ISBN: 9780817317102

Pub Date: August 2010

Format: Hardcover

Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity, by Michael Butterworth, is an investigation into the culture and mythology of baseball, a study of its limits and failures, and an invitation to remake the game in a more democratic way. It pays special attention to baseball’s role in the reconstruction of American identity after September 11, 2001.

Dixie Walker of the Dodgers

Dixie Walker of the Dodgers

The People's Choice

by Maury Allen and Susan Walker

Price: $27.95

ISBN: 9780817355999

Pub Date: June 2010

Format: Paperback

A biography of Fred “Dixie” Walker, a gifted ballplayer who played in the majors for 18 seasons and in 1,905 games, assembling a career batting average of .306 while playing for the Yankees, White Sox, Tigers, Dodgers, and Pirates.

More than a Game

More than a Game

The Best of Alf Van Hoose

by Alf Van Hoose

Introduction by Creg Stephenson

Edited by Edward Mullins and Creg Stephenson

Foreword by Susanna Van Hoose Feld and Susanna Van Hoose

Price: $19.95

ISBN: 9780817355111

Pub Date: September 2009

Format: Paperback

The best work of one of Alabama’s longest-serving and most beloved sports journalists.Although he spent 43 years at the same job, Alf Van Hoose was not a man limited by the boundaries of his profession. As Birmingham News sports editor for 21 years and a columnist for a decade before that, Van Hoose helped define a city, a state, and a region largely known for sports. He was the writer of record for some of the biggest sporting events and personalities in the state of Alabama in the last half of the 20th Century. Wayne Hester, Van Hoose’s successor as sports editor of The News, in 1990, said, “To many sports fans over the years, Alf Van Hoose has been The Birmingham News.” But he was also much more than the “sports guy,” as older generations of Alabama sports fans who read this book will remember and younger ones will...
Willie Mays

Willie Mays

Art in the Outfield

by Mike Shannon

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9780817315405

Pub Date: March 2007

Format: Hardcover

Lively and unusual art inspired by baseball’s best all-around player.
Standing the Gaff

Standing the Gaff

The Life and Hard Times of a Minor League Umpire

by Harry Johnson

Introduction by Larry Gerlach

Price: $18.95

ISBN: 9780817352745

Pub Date: May 2005

Format: Paperback

The rowdy adolescence of baseball, told by the game’s first autobiographical umpire.Harry "Steamboat" Johnson brought to early baseball great integrity and a pugnacious...
All-Time Greatest Alabama Sports Stories

All-Time Greatest Alabama Sports Stories

by Benny Marshall

Foreword by Wendell Givens

Edited by Wendell Givens

Price: $19.95

ISBN: 9780817350529

Pub Date: October 2003

Format: Paperback

Highlights the finest moments of Alabama players—on the court, on the field, and on the course
 
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