Ten-Gallon War: The NFL's Cowboys, the AFL's Texans, and the Feud for Dallas's Pro Football Future
- ISBN-10
- 0547435509
- ISBN-13
- 9780547435503
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- John Eisenberg
Description
Traces the birth of professional football in 1960s Texas, assessing the contributions of fans, promoters, and rising star Tom Landry while chronicling the rivalry between two oil tycoons through which two professional football franchises were launched.
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