The stoic profile, the stubborn chin, the "funny" hat-all are part of the Landry mystique. People all over Dallas, and the rest of Texas for that matter-and football fans around the country-know the Landry look. But they also sense the integrity of the man, the quiet inner strength that sets him apart from other coaches. It is Landry the man who emerges in this sensitive and probing biography. With practiced eye and gifted pen, Bob St. John sets out a gripping portrait of a man many people wonder about but few know. It was widely known that the coach could handle pressure-but no one knew how well until the spring of 1989, the day when the legendary Landry received his walking papers from the Cowboys' new owner, Jerry Jones. The real fiber of the man then emerged. And Dallas hugged Landry to its collective heart. Those who had criticized his coaching tactics were effusive in their praise of his character. The quiet man under the hat, whose brilliant coaching had led the Cowboys to two Super Bowl victories, was as gracious in defeat as he always was in victory. THE LANDRY LEGEND is the warm, richly textures story of a quiet kid from Mission, Texas, who grew up to be a quiet, intense man. Before college football, there was the B-17 pilot who returned from World War II to the University of Texas campus in Austin-and football fame there. Then came the years with the New York Giants-and then the transition to coaching when he became the first coach of the Dallas Cowboys, that expansion team "put together with barbed wire and chewing gum," or so some said. The rest is history."--Jacket.