| | Dallas Cowboy Books: The Jerry Jones Era |
| | I. Team histories |
| | 1996 Guinn, Jeff. Dallas Cowboys -- Our Story: The Authorized Pictorial History. Arlington, TX: Summit Publishing. Coffee-table sized and massively illustrated; only the second official history of the Cowboys. (Note: appendix lists '62 roster of the Dallas TEXANS, not the Cowboys!) (L) |
| | 1998 Carroll, Bob et al. Total Cowboys: The Official Encyclopedia of the Dallas Cowboys. NY: HarperCollins (L)(P) |
| | II. Season reviews |
| | 1993 Bayless, Skip. The Boys. NY: Simon & Schuster. Review of '92 season by a former reporter for the Dallas Morning News. |
| | 1993 Coffey, Frank, Ernie Wood & Tony Seidl. How 'Bout Them Cowboys! An In-depth Look at America's Team. Dallas: Taylor Publishing. One of three photo reviews of '92 season; also covers team history, focusing on JJ era ('89-'92)(L). |
| | 1993 Dallas Morning News. How 'Bout Them Cowboys! The Return of America's Team. Kansas City: Andrews & McNeel. Game-by-game review of '92 (L)(P). |
| | 1993 Fisher, Mike. Stars and Strife: Inside the Dallas Cowboys Reemergence as America's Team. Ft. Worth, TX: Summit Group. Review of '92 season by a reporter for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. |
| | 1993 Fisher, Mike & Richie Whitt. The 'Boys Are Back: The Return of the Dallas Cowboys. Ft. Worth, TX: Summit Group. Photo review of the '92 season (L). |
| | 1993 Shay, Kevin J. Da 'Boys are Back! How the Dallas Cowboys Returned to the Super Bowl and Won! Dallas: Shay Publications. Self-published; photos also by Shay (P). |
| | 1994 Ross, David J. A Dynasty Restored: Through the Eyes of Their #1 Fan. Fuqua-Varina, NC: Triangle Books. Week-by-week review of the '92 and '93 seasons by an 18-year old fan in Redskin country! (P). |
| | 1996 Bayless, Skip. Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth about the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys. New York: Harper-Collins. Skip's hatchet job on Troy; rumour and innuendo regarding a Troy-Barry split during the '95 Super Bowl campaign. |
| | 1996 Kreidler, Mark, Ed Bouchette and Rob Kelley. Showdown in the Desert: The Official Book of Super Bowl XXX. San Francisco: Woodford Press. From the two great Super Bowl match-ups of the 70s to the victory parade in Dallas, complete coverage of Super Bowl XXX; sponsored by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (L). |
| | 1996 St. Angelo, Ron and John Barnhart. Keeping Up with the Boys: From Austin to Super Bowl XXX -- The Dynasty Continues. Dallas: Taylor Publishing. Photo review of the '95 season from Training Camp to Tempe (L). |
| | III. Player biographies |
| | 1993 Aikman, Troy and Roger Staubach with Jeanne Warren. Reaching for the Stars. This extremely expensive book ($150) isn't really a biography of Roger & Troy; it's more their philosophies of life; limited editions come in a slipcase and are autographed (L)(OP). |
| | 1994 Smith, Emmitt with Steve Delsohn. The Emmitt Zone. NY: Crown. First player bio of the post-Landry era. |
| | 1995 Bates, Bill with Bill Butterworth. Shoot for the Stars: An Inspiring Story of Beating the Odds to Fulfill a Lifelong Dream. Dallas: Word Publishing. A perennial fan favorite, Bates was first NFC Pro Bowler named as a special teamer, in only his second season with the Cowboys (1984). |
| | 1996 Beckett Publications. Beckett Great Sports Heroes: Troy Aikman. New York: House of Collectibles. Lavishly illustrated with stats and FB card checklist (L). |
| | 1996 Hennings, Chad. It Takes Commitment. New York: Multnoman Books. Chad's life and Christian testimony (P). |
| | 1997 Haley, Charles with Joe Layden. All the Rage. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing. Very strong language; rated "R". |
| | 1998 Sanders, Deion with Jim Black. Power, Money & Sex: How Success Almost Ruined My Life. Nashville: Word Books. Sanders' life before and after giving his life to Jesus. |
| | 1998 Aikman, Troy. Aikman: Mind, Body and Soul. Hollywood, FL: EGI Productions. Coffee-table sized pictorial (L). |
| | IV. Other biographies |
| | 1993 Johnson, Jimmy & Ed Hinton. Turning the Thing Around: Pulling America's Team Out of the Dumps - And Myself Out of the Doghouse. NY: Hyperion. Traces his career from Port Arthur, to Arkansas, to Miami and to Dallas; probably not the last we'll hear from Johnson. |
| | 1995 Cawthorn, Todd. Jerry Jones and the New Regime: Memoirs, Recollections, Times and Travels with 'America's Team' and its most Notorious Cowboy. Irving, TX: TThorn Publishing. Inside view of the Cowboys by Jerry Jones' (ex) Learjet pilot. |
| | 1995 Dent, Jim. King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones. Holbrook, MA: Adams Publishing. |
| | 1998 Stamborski, Jim. J.J. Straight Talking: Jimmy Johnson's Insights, Outbursts, Kudos and Comebacks. Hollywood: Lifetime Books (P) |
| | V. Cowboy Wives |
| | 1991 Gesek, Gina. The Dallas Cowboys Wives' Cookbook. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith. Renewed after 10-yr hiatus; 1st under JJ regime (P). |
| | 1992 Gesek, Gina. The Dallas Cowboys Wives' Cookbook, 2nd Ed. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith. 2nd edition under the JJ regime; 5th overall (P). |
| | 1993 Novacek, Yvette, ed. The Dallas Cowboys Wives' Family Cookbook and Photo Album: Super Bowl Edition. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith (P). |
| | 1994 Novacek, Yvette, ed. The Dallas Cowboys Wives' Family Cookbook and Photo Album: Southwestern Cuisine Edition. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith (P). |
| | 1995 Novacek, Yvette, ed. Cookin' With the Cowboys: Family Photo Album and Favorite Recipes of the Dallas Cowboys. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith (P). |
| | 1996 Hellestrae, Brook, Tasha Tolbert, and Joyce Zampesie, eds. Dallas Cowboys Wives "Celebrating Texas Cuisines": Cookbook and Family Photo Album. Ft. Worth, TX: Branch-Smith. |
| | 1997 Hellestrae, Brook and Tasha Tolbert, eds. The Dallas Cowboys Family "Playbook": A Collection of Recipes, Family Photos, Personal Quotes, Statistics & Trivia!. Dallas: TPG, Inc. |
| | 1998 Hellestrae, Brooke and Dale Hellestrae, eds. Dallas Cowboys Family Cookbook: Behind the Scenes Photos, Recipes, and Profiles. Granbury, TX: Happy Hill Farm. |
| | VI. Other |
| | 1993 Shapiro, Leonard. The Dallas Cowboys. NY: St. Martin's Press. 300 brainteasers (P). |
| | 1995 Wells, Vernon. Inside the Dallas Cowboys: An Artist's Relationship with America's Team. Dallas: Playmaker Productions. Compilation of some *EXCELLENT* artwork (L). |
| | 1996 Donovan, Jim, Ken Sins & Frank Coffey. The Dallas Cowboys Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to America's Team. Seacaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. From A-to-Z, covers most players and answers almost every question about the Cowboys (P). |
| | 1996 Stratton, Gary. Dallas Cowboys Facts & Trivia. South Bend, IN: E.B. Houchin Co. This book is littered with mistakes and typos. Beware (P). |
| | 1997 Fanatics Publishing. You Might Be a Dallas Fan If . . . (101 Ways to Tell if You're True Blue). Irving, TX: Fanatics Publishing. Redneck humour (P). |
| | 1997 Sugar, Bert (ed). I Hate the Dallas Cowboys: And Who Elected Them America's Team, Anyway? New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Vignettes by several ex-players and sportswriters (P). |
| | VII. Indirectly Related |
| | 1990 Switzer, Barry & Bud Shrake. Bootlegger's Boy. NY: William Morrow. I know, this was written long before he was hired by JJones, but it is the only bio of the ex-Cowboy's coach (OP). Also available in (P). |
| | 1997 Hubbard, Jimmy. Shark Among Dolphins: Inside Jimmy Johnson's Transformation of the Miami Dolphins. NY: Ballantine. Talks about Jimmy's split with Jerry Jones. |
| | VIII. Cheerleaders |
| | 1994 Villarreal, Cindy. The Cheerleader's Guide to Life. New York: Harper-Collins. A guide to training and nutrition by a former DCC with many DCC pix (L)(P). |
| | 1997 Pollet, Alison and Leif Ueland. Road Rules: Passport Abroad. New York: MTV Books. Chronicles of the MTV show, including ex-DCC Michelle Parma (L)(P). |
| | IX. Fiction |
| | 1989 Brooks, Elston. The Man Who Ruined Football. NY: Atheneum. Although the timing is ironic, the book is NOT about JJones' takeover of the Cowboys!! |
| | 1991 Gray, A.W. The Man Offside. NY: Dutton. Murder mystery involving a fictional ex-Cowboy. |
| | If any reader has a copy of titles I am missing (indicated by *), please let me know |
| | Notations: |
| | L-large format (i.e., "coffee-table" size); P-paperback; OP-out of print; (*)-books I'm still looking for (I have photocopies of some of these, indicated by an (X)). |
| | Copyright © 1995, 2008, Fred Goodwin. All rights reserved. Revised March 2, 1999 |