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CROSSING THE LINE
SANDERSON, DEREK
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Derek Sanderson was a key player with the Big Bad Bruins in the 1970s. At one point the highest-paid athlete in
the world, Sanderson played with and against the era’s legends, winning two Stanley Cups and assisting on
Bobby Orr’s famous diving goal in 1970. Off the ice, “Turk” was one of a kind. He drove a burgundy Rolls-Royce,
wore a fox coat and, when asked what winning the Stanley Cup meant to him said, “The difference in the money
is whether I take a college chick to Cape Cod or a Playmate to France.” But behind the glory, Sanderson was an
alcoholic and an addict. He bottomed out, losing it all, and ended up sleeping under bridges. At one point he was
so sick, he had to use crutches to walk.
SPORTS/MEMOIR 1ST PRINTING 35,000
HARPER COLLINS 320 PAGES
9781443409681
$32.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
CUSTER
MCMURTRY, LARRY
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry, the American West's greatest chronicler,
delivers a defining portrait of the life and legacy of the West's most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer.
On June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry attacked a large Lakota Cheyenne village on
the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory. He lost not only the battle but also his life--and the lives of all his
men. It was the U.S. Army's worst defeat in the long and bloody Plains Indian War. Yet with no survivors and only
unreliable Indian accounts, "Custer's Last Stand" reached mythic proportions and achieved Custer's name
immortality. Larry McMurtry has long been fascinated by Custer and his rightful place in history, and in "Custer,"
he examines how the "Boy General," who graduated last in his class at West Point, went on to earn distinction in
the Civil War and rose through the ranks. In McMurtry's hands, Custer is brought to life in all his complexity--as
the perpetually restless man whose complicated marriage, hunger for glory, and unwavering confidence in his
abilities led him to ignore the warnings of scouts and comrades at Little Big Horn. In this engaging, handsomely
illustrated volume, McMurtry not only delivers an honest assessment of Custer's legacy, demonstrating how
through his power of personality, and as a product of his times, he achieved eternal fame, but also redefines our
understanding of the American West.
BIOGRAPHY 1ST PRINTING 40,000
SIMON & SCHUSTER 256 PAGES
9781451626209
$47.00 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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