The Quarterback
Year of Publication |
1970
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Publication Type |
Novel
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
192 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
David Scott Milton |
Publisher |
Dell
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City |
New York
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Abstract |
Jimmy Jassy is a 30-something football legend whose fame and skills are waning. When he travels from New York to Forbes Field to play the Steelers, he revisits his youth and hometown along Route 19, as well as his boozing, womanizing, and failing marriage.
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Notes |
Carnegie Mellon University is referred to as Carnegie Tech, as it was then known. Clarion University of Pennsylvania is disguised as Collier State Teachers College.
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Author Biography |
David Scott Milton (1934-2020), born to a working-class Jewish family in Pittsburgh, was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He lived in California.
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Time |
1930s-60s
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