The Last Cowboy

A Life of Tom Landry

By: Mark Ribowsky

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

As the coach during professional football’s most storied era, Tom Landry transformed the gridiron from a no-holds-barred battlefield to the highly-technical chess match it is today. With his trademark fedora and stoic facade, he was a man of faith and few words, for 29 years guiding “America’s Team” from laughingstock to well-oiled machine, with an unprecedented twenty consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl titles. Now, more than a decade after Landry’s death, acclaimed biographer Mark Ribowsky takes a fresh look at this misunderstood legend, telling us as much about our country’s obsession with football as about Landry himself, the likes of whom we’ll never see again.

©2014 Mark Ribowsky (P)2014 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

“An eloquent, honest tribute to a sports genius.” ( Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2013)

America's Coach

amazing book. I have always loved the Cowboys but never really knew the history of Landrey as I was to young to know. Great book a much for all Cowboy fans

Very detailed account of Tom Landry’s Cowboys

Great insight into Tom Landry’s background and early days of the NFL. A bit too much detail through each of his 29 seasons as the Dallas head coach.

Cowboys fan of over 50 years!

Wow,I got to relive great wins, heartbreaking losses, inside look at the coach I loved!

Fine overview of TL

This was fine as far as bios go. I felt like it barely scratched the surface of who he was. Perhaps more precisely, no clear picture ever developed of Tom in this book. It was a very long collection of stories and opinions of Tom's life. So, again, it was a very standard bio (albeit a very thoroughly researched bio) with nothing too outstanding to set it apart; no conclusions or overarching storyline or unique angles...just a nice in memorium of Tom's life.

Great research!

An excellent story, with a great narrator... It gave me an important remindment of cowboy history!Dont miss it!