American Kings : A Biography of the Quarterback
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1368099181
ISBN-13
9781368099189
Publisher
Hyperion
Imprint
Hyperion Avenue
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 9th, 2025
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
586 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.30 x 3.50 cms
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Biography: sportBiography: sportAmerican footballAmerican football
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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 Instant New York Times bestseller ***
A Boston Globe and NPR pick for Best Books of 2025
"A MUST BUY" — New York Times / The Athletic
"The definitive treatisie on the pinnacle of sport." — Esquire
“An instant classic—not just a great sports book but a great cultural history.”
—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A Life
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 Boston Globe and NPR pick for Best Books of 2025
"A MUST BUY" — New York Times / The Athletic
"The definitive treatisie on the pinnacle of sport." — Esquire
“An instant classic—not just a great sports book but a great cultural history.”
—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of King: A Life
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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