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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Pearlman
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 1115
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.6 x 1.6
ISBN: 0061256803
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33264097642812
EAN: 9780061256806
ASIN: 0061256803
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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They were America's Team—the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys rank among the greatest of all NFL dynasties. In similar fashion to his New York Times bestseller The Bad Guys Won!, about the 1986 New York Mets, in Boys Will Be Boys, award-winning writer Jeff Pearlman chronicles the outrageous antics and dazzling talent of a team fueled by ego, sex, drugs—and unrivaled greatness. Rising from the ashes of a 1-15 season in 1989 to capture three Super Bowl trophies in four years, the Dallas Cowboys were guided by a swashbuckling, skirt-chasing, power-hungry owner, Jerry Jones, and his two eccentric, hard-living coaches, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. Together the three built a juggernaut that America loved and loathed. But for a team that was so dominant on Sundays, the Cowboys were often a dysfunctional circus the rest of the week. Irvin, nicknamed "The Playmaker," battled dual addictions to drugs and women. Charles Haley, the defensive colossus, presided over the team's infamous "White House," where the parties lasted late into the night and a steady stream of long-legged groupies came and went. And then there were Smith and Sanders, whose Texas-sized egos were eclipsed only by their record-breaking on-field perfomances. With an unforgettable cast of characters and a narrative as hard-hitting and fast-paced as the team itself, Boys Will Be Boys immortalizes the most beloved—and despised—dynasty in NFL history.
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 Best Book I Have Read In A Long Time January 10, 2009
Michael Douglas (St. Petersburg, FL USA)
I loved this book. I am slightly biased as a Cowboys Fan, but I had an extremely hard time putting this book down. I have read other sports books over the Florida Gators (other favorite team) and other sports and teams. But this is the only book I put off plans to do other things to read. Once you open up with the story of the end, and then go through the understanding of the players, coaches, and owner of the Cowboys of the 1990's. I thought I knew this team, but now I know the team.
This might be the best book I have ever read.
 Enjoyable Voyeuristic read January 6, 2009
Little Time To Read (Vancouver, WA)
First off - do not purchase this book for your child thinking "He likes football - here is something he will like". No. This book is a true inside look into the locker room & private (formerly private) lives of NFL prima donna's. Lot's of stories about everything available to NFL superstars and how they partake in the drugs, alcohol & women that are thrown at them. A fun read - but not suitable for a younger person.
Loved it! January 3, 2009
Roberto H (Dallas, TX)
I highly recommend this book to anyone who: a) was a big fan of the early 90's Cowboys, b) is curious about what goes on behind the scenes in the NFL, or c) is interested in the impact leadership has on organizations. This book comes up juicy in all three categories.
This book is great because it avoids the common mistake made by authors documenting certain teams. Instead of going through the boring minutiae of old games, Jeff Pearlman gives gripping, inside stories that no fan ever knew about. For example:
- Michael Irvin was the heart and soul of the team. Period.
- Nobody liked Emmitt Smith.
- Charles Haley, WTF?
- The players, for as much as they hated Jimmy Johnson, respected the heck out of him. How he shaped them psychologically and then kept them on the edge was stellar.
- Jerry Jones is a prideful retard, sure. But I never knew he was that big of one.
- Switzer was actually a pretty likable guy with whom you can really empathize. But, man, he really had no business being there.
- Skip Bayless is a massive dork.
I had a blast reading this book. Highly recommend.
Sometimes you don't want to know how sausage is made January 1, 2009
R. H. King (Lubbock, TX United States)
I love the Dallas Cowboys. I am like one of those people that stays in an abusive relationship. I just keep watching them year after year.
I think any Cowboy fan will be unable to put the book down. Anyone who hates the Cowboys may love this book even more!
There is a lot more here than a sports story.
This has a seamy underside that pretty much destroys any Cowboy idol worship that may be going on...yet there is something uplifting in it somehow. Tragedy and comedy.
Sort of a story of how some good can things come from completely flawed, totally depraved men.
There is much to be learned from this story if you are a teacher, a leader, anyone in charge of others even if you know nothing about football.
 I thought Nothing Could Surprise Me! December 28, 2008
Caryn
Being a life-long Cowboys fan, I begged my school librarian to order this book so I could read it immediately! After reading it, I told her to put it in the 'Adults Only' section - in other words, don't even let students know we have it! To learn the amount of money wasted by players and coaches on Superbowl-week partying was bad enough; to learn how much of it was condoned and even led by Jerry Jones was sickening.
The book itself is well written and painstakingly researched, although there are some glaring exceptions: it is about the Dynasty led by Troy, Emmitt, and Michael, yet Troy does not seem to have been involved. The stories that are about him come from others and those are few and far between. Although Troy is praised, it is done in such a manner as to put him down at the same time, probably because his antics were not anywhere near as colorful as the others. Case in point: he expected professional play on the field and would chew out players for screwing up; then was called racist by some (one). Doesn't that just sound awful - expecting highly paid professionals to get it right? Even though the author admits that what was said about Troy was unfair and he even quotes Charles Haley in Troy's defense, he still included it, even though he knew it was a)unfair and b)not true about Troy's character. Another shot at Troy: repeating the Skip Bayless assertion about Troy's sexual orientation.
About half-way through, the book gets bogged down, almost as though the writer felt the need to stretch it out in order to make it book-length. Something that would have helped - more photos. As it stands, there is one very small section of photos.
I am still a die-hard cowboys fan, but I am disillusioned by the behavior - my glasses are no longer rose-colored. What this book did for me more than anything else, was to prove how meddlesome Jerry Jones is and how badly the Cowboys (and probably every team) needed the discipline of Jimmy Johnson and more recently Bill Parcells.
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