{"product_id":"the-leather-man-mel-reisner-9781480806955","title":"The Leather Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wow  A story that encapsulates college football in the '60s. From Edison Green attempting to challenge the stigma that a black man could not be a big-time college quarterback to Quintus LeClaire, the Vietnam veteran lost until fate gives him the opportunity to rekindle his life through football and become the 'blue-chipper who fell through the cracks, ' to the life struggles of coach Ben Steinbrecher, called the Leather Man, who faces his challenges and finds himself as a result, this is a must-read from cover to cover.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Dave Campo, former Dallas Cowboys coach\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCanyon City, in southern Idaho, is the home of Canyon State College, a small school in possession of a large football coach-Ben Steinbrecher, a man as strong as Samson and just as rooted in the Bible through his minister father.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnown to some as \"the Leather Man,\" the coach is doing his best to raise his mentally handicapped son in a loving home while the love in his marriage dwindles. Already kept from an NFL career by a knee injury, Steinbrecher's frustrations pile up while his coaching career blossoms until, inevitably, he hits the brink of human endurance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe coach's team is peopled with characters such as Latin-quoting war hero Quintus LeClaire, dropped into Canyon State's football program because of a Vietnam flashback and a chance encounter with a good cop, along with straight arrow David Talty, raised by colorful Uncle Joe; menacing Brock Banning; and Preston \"Taters\" Jones. All play a role in elevating the program and in shaping Steinbrecher's path toward the ultimate test of his beliefs and his will to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Reisner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480806951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480806955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Idaho Library Association Book Award - Nominee","brand":"Mel Reisner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024732999935,"sku":"9781480806955","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7069bd34-ab88-480a-bc5f-a589be3d5ad4.jpg?v=1723129076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-leather-man-mel-reisner-9781480806955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}