Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL

by Rob Ruck

Book Overview

"Everything that's rousing and distressing about block-and-tackle football is encompassed in Tropic of Football. . . illuminating."
--Newsday

How a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players--from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota--for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historian

Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620973375
• ISBN13: 9781620973370
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"