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Steve delsohn is the author or coauthor of several notable sports books, including the new york times bestseller out of bounds with nfl great jim brown. The 1985 chicago bears and the wild heart of football by cohen, rich an account of the chicago bears 1985 championship season shares anecdotes about its extraordinary events while describing the contributions of such personalities as walter sweetness payton, dan danimal hampton, and coach mike ditka. That i loved this book probably says as much about me as it does about the book. Pdf monsters the 1985 chicago bears and the wild heart. Dec 30, 2015 free download book book b00hvkec7e monsters the 1985 chicago bears and the wild heart of football monsters the 1985 chicago. While cohen covers much of the same ground as other books on the 85 bears, he is especially good at detailing the rivalry. Monsters the 1985 chicago bears and wild heart of football. The 1985 chicago bears and the wild heart of football, his discerning probe into the mysteries of a great team his team, when he was a seventeenyearold chicagoan and nothing mattered more. For rich cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 chicago bears were more.
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