In the last few years, I have been asked to peruse some new Vikings books that have come out and give my thoughts on them.
Listed below are the books I have been fortunate to have received an advanced copy of and then pass on these personal reviews to you:
Minnesota Vikings
The Complete Illustrated History
By Patrick Reusse
This book is "on the way", but from the few example pages I am seeing this will be a MUST for any Vikings Fanatic to have on their shelf or on their coffee table. Also, having this being compiled by Patrick Reusse? With his history of being a Vikings writer this thing should be great and right in line with what fans appreciate...great writing and some fun along the way. The photos seem to be nice and clean with both color and black and white in this book. Check out the examples below:
- Coming in September, just in time for the start of Vikings football, is a new book from Voyageur Press, Minnesota Vikings: The Complete Illustrated History. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 photographs from the Star Tribune archives, and featuring all the key moments, stats, and people behind the stories, Minnesota Vikings: The Complete Illustrated History is the ultimate celebration of an iconic football franchise. It honors the great squads and all the legends and colorful characters and coaches who have donned the purple and gold, including Fran Tarkenton, the “Purple People Eaters,” Chuck Foreman, Ahmad Rashad, Randall McDaniel, John Randle, Cris Carter, Anthony Carter, Robert Smith, Randy Moss, Bud Grant, Denny Green and many others.
Author Patrick Reusse has covered the Minnesota sports scene with passion for more than four decades and has written hundreds of columns about the Vikings. He has been a fixture at the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1988 and a regular for KSTP radio since the early 1980s.-
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Minnesota Vikings: The Complete Illustrated History
Author: Patrick Reusse
Foreword: Bill Brown
Afterword: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Retail: $30.00US - $32.95CAN - £17.99
Hardcover / 9.25 x 10.875 / 192 pages / 100 color & 100 b/w photographs
Imprint: Voyageur Press
Pub Date: September 2008
Available in bookstores everywhere or through www.voyageurpress.com
Or go directly to the order spot at http://www.voyageurpress.com/store/Product_Details.aspx?ProductID=40598&A=6060