One Dream: The NFL

By Woody Falgoux

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585360325
• ISBN13: 9781585360321
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

What every NFL fan wants to know

This book is precisely what every NFL fan wants to know about what it takes to make a professional football team's roster. Woody does an excellent job at grabing your attention within the very first pages and holding it to the very end. If you are a fan of the NFL, this is a must read and Woody will have you turning each page anxiously awaiting the fates of the players struggling to make the Saints team. This book is masterfully written and you will find yourself rooting for the underdogs. Woody is a gifted story teller and makes you feel like you are sitting along side him at the Saints training camp. At times, I was rooting for Woody himself as he describes the difficulties the media encounters from the Saints organization during training camp. I highly recommend this book and only hope Woody has his second book in the works.

Feel the rush

An amazing read! The author puts you into the mind, bodyand soul of the players. It is more than a book about football, it is about having hope and chasing a dream. Evenwhen you know you wont win. Read it and pass it on,quickly.

You can't judge a book...

Finding presents for my boyfriend is impossible. When I saw the jacket cover of contemporary gladiators, I breathed a sigh of relief and knew I had found a winner. I started reading it that night, and a strange thing happened-the gladiators turned into truly endearing human beings. This book is definitely about more than football. It's about the extreme heights and pitfalls of life--the beauty and pain everyone experiences--distilled in this NFL training camp. The local color Falgoux includes is also wonderful. Great Book! My boyfriend and I thank you, Mr. Falgoux!

Beatification on the Bayou

In Roman Catholicism, the first step toward sainthood is Papal beatification. In football, the first step in being proclaimed a saint, a New Orleans Saint, is surviving the cutthroat, dog-eat-dog abyss that is NFL training camp. After reading Woody Falgoux's One Dream The NFL, one wonders which is the easier path to Canonization- the martyrdom and miracles demanded of the Catholic Church or the blood, sweat, determination, and physical prowess required of a training camp located smack-dab in the middle of the mosquito-ridden Dantesque inferno that is southern Louisiana. Upon conclusion of the book, one is unsure.In Dream, Falgoux chronicles the lives of 10 young men of varied backgrounds, each possessing a love for their sport and dreams of NFL riches and Hall of Fame glory, as they venture forth into the excruciatingly demanding world of New Orleans Saints training camp in Thibodaux, Louisiana. As unsigned rookies, the ten "heros" know that their chances of surviving training camp and making the final roster are slim to none. Yet, their all-consuming desire to be among the elite few who have played in the NFL outweighs the physical and emotional trauma required to become professional football players. It is this highly personal passion for the game and unrelenting drive to succeed that Dream captures so remarkably. Written in a laid-back, journalist style, Dream intertwines the stories of these ten men into a single, powerful, and gripping tale that allows the reader to live his own NFL dream vicariously through these ten men. Indeed, the reader is swept into the story as if he too were on the practice field, seeking to prove himself to coaches who have the power to alter his destiny, more often than not on a whim. In sum, this is a masterfully written book that begs a sequel.

Engaging and Informative

From the first words of the introduction to the last page, this book gave me a real sense of the excitement of training camp. I would not call myself a sports fan, but this book imparted in me an appreciation for what drafted players face in day to day training camp. I really got to know and like the players, and through their struggles came to understand what professional football is all about. Kudos to the writer.