On Being Brown: What It Means to Be a Cleveland Browns Fan
by Scott Huler
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Author: Scott HulerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-08
ISBN: 1886228310
Number of pages: 183
Publisher: Gray & Co
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Book Review: Good and memories and thoughts while we wait for this season
Summary: 5 Stars
I came upon this book by accident, but it turned out to be a little gem that was a joy to read. As I turned the pages and read what the author was feeling and reliving, I was taken back to my father, who loved the Browns and to the time I spent watching games with him and my twin brother, and to the 1970's when I was a season ticket holder. As I read ,I kept saying that I knew exactly what the author was feeling and what he meant. The author brought back so many memories of all the highs and lows that came from being a Browns fan, of memories at the hulking stadium on Lake Erie ( what the legendary voice of the Browns, Gib Shanley, called the "house of thrills" ), to the anger when Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore. It was true and is still true that it is Cleveland's Browns not the Cleveland Browns. Modell owned a football team, but he didn't own the Browns. This book is an absolute must read for Browns fans wherever they may live. While we all wait for the 2003 edition of the Browns and a season full of promise under head coach Butch Davis, fans should all pick this book up and read it.
Summary of On Being Brown: What It Means to Be a Cleveland Browns Fan
What is this madness all about? Ask anyone who has experienced it: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Scott Huler looks at this 50-year love affair between town and team in 33 essays recounting his personal saga of "becoming Brown." Searching out those special elements of shared experience that define what being a Browns fan has meant for us all, he also holds conversations with the true legends of Cleveland Browns history--Jim Brown, Otto Graham, Lou "The Toe" Groza, Brian Sipe, Ozzie Newsome, and others--in which they share their own thoughts about just what made this relationship between town and team so special. This odyssey for Browns fans takes them back to some wonderful places. It revives some truly awful moments. And it looks to the future with great hope. Those who are truly Brown will enjoy the ride.Football (American) Books
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