{"product_id":"tom-harmon-the-great-gridiron-plot-used-fair-coll","title":"TOM HARMON THE GREAT GRIDIRON PLOT- USED , FAIR, COLL","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eTom Harmon and the Great Gridiron Plot\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"48\"\u003eSubtitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"58\"\u003eAn Original Story Featuring Tom Harmon, Famous Football Star, as the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Dender\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry E. Vallely\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitman Publishing Company (Racine, Wisconsin)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCopyright Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover with textured cloth boards, black-stained page edges, and illustrated endpapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Content Background\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eDuring the 1940s, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"18\"\u003eWhitman Publishing\u003c\/b\u003e was famous for producing authorized \"Big Little Books\" and juvenile adventure novels featuring real-life celebrities, movie stars, and sports heroes as fictionalized protagonists (they did similar series for Shirley Temple, Gene Autry, and Joe DiMaggio).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe hero of this book, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"23\"\u003eTom Harmon\u003c\/b\u003e (\"Old 98\"), was one of the greatest college football players of all time. Playing for the University of Michigan, he won the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"159\"\u003eHeisman Trophy in 1940\u003c\/b\u003e. After college, he became a heroic World War II pilot—surviving two separate plane crashes—before returning to play briefly in the NFL and launching a massive career as a sports broadcaster. (Fun pop-culture fact: he is also the father of actor Mark Harmon from \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"444\"\u003eNCIS\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThis book is a fictionalized, wholesome adventure aimed at young boys, featuring Harmon solving a dramatic plot centered around the football gridiron. The illustrated endpapers (shown in your second photo) perfectly showcase the classic, dynamic 1940s comic-book style of sports illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47696316367011,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260520_163845.jpg?v=1779572256","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/tom-harmon-the-great-gridiron-plot-used-fair-coll","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}