Cincinnati Bengals Books
December 28th, 2008I got copies of two different Cincinnati Bengals books and figured today would be a fitting day to post on them. You see, earlier today, the Cincinnati Bengals completed their dismal 2008 season. Luckily, both of these books are about the history of the Bengals! As a warning, I can’t imagine this post will be interesting to anyone outside of Cincinnati…I apologize.
Title: Welcome To The Jungle
Author: Mary Schmitt Boyer
Publisher: Triumph Books (2008)
This was a very well written history on the Bengals. It covers pretty much anything you would want to know about the franchise (though has no mention of Mike Brown’s complete inability to run a functioning football team). The book is peppered with trivia questions (What is Ickey Woods’ real name?) random lists (worst 10 draft picks) and biographies on some of the more notable Bengals.
All in all, a pretty interesting book.
(Ickey Woods’ real name is Elbert)
Title: The Legends
Author: Chick Ludwig
Publisher: Orange Frazer Press (2007)
This book is a much more detailed look at the significant (and some not so significant, like Darnay Scott) players from the Bengals franchise. The entire book is bio after bio, which is pretty interesting. The author, Chick Ludwig, is a Bengals beat writer for the Dayton Daily News and is well known for being a HUGE Bengals fan. Also, he is also known for being one of Marvin Lewis’ least favorite reporters. (Not that Lewis has many of those)
The biographies are very well written and there are a lot of them. I assume my mom will be pleased that her favorite Bengal of all-time made it into the book. I learned a lot of interesting stuff that I did not know before.
A good read for Bengals fans.
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December 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
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