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At his careers end, gent turned to writing, debuting with the sensational north dallas forty, a look at the dark side of professional football, which was made into a film in 1979 starring nick nolte. Author of north dallas forty, the last magic summer, north dallas after forty, the conquering heroes, texas celebrty turkey, north dallas after 40, the franchise, texas celebrity turkey trot. North dallas forty peter gent 9781892129895 books north dallas forty. Peter gent s classic novel looks at the seedy underbelly of the pro game, chronicling eight days in the life of phil elliott, an aging receiver for the texas team. Peter gent has written a big, powerful, chaotic novel about life in pro football and in texas. Protagonist phil elliott tells the story of the dallas cowboys of the 60s who party, drink, use drugs, womanize, endure terrible pain, suffer racism, and feel fear. North dallas forty 1979, directed by ted kotcheff first blood and adapted from a semiautobiographical novel by peter gent, gets an extra super bowl xlv relevance point for incorporating a. North dallas forty by peter gent overdrive rakuten. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Friday night lights study guide from litcharts the creators. Toward the end of the undervalued 1979 movie adaptation of former pro football receiver peter gent s undervalued 1973 novel, north dallas forty, a beat, bent lineman, played by the late jo gene. A conventional novel about per week interior a seasoned soccer team.
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