David Harris - Book Discussion and Signing September 23, 2008

Join author David Harris as he discusses and signs copies of his latest release, The Genius.
David Harris’s THE GENIUS: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty (Random House; On Sale September 2, 2008) draws on several in-depth interviews with Walsh before his death in July of 2007, as well as interviews with players, fellow coaches, executives, and reporters who covered the 49ers’ heyday. Harris recounts how Walsh, through tactical and organizational genius, created a football juggernaut. He also addresses the demons that pushed and haunted Walsh throughout his career: his dash with his former mentor, Paul Brown, who denied Walsh his first pro head-coaching job with the Cincinnati Bengals; Walsh’s struggle with self-doubt and criticism; the toll his single-minded devotion to football exacted on his family; and his complex relationship with the 49ers’ owner, Edward DeBartolo, Jr.

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