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Sep 17, 2006 · When we first meet Michael Oher, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football and school after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets.
The book is an examination of how offensive football strategy has evolved over the past three decades in two key ways: the development of the West Coast offense by Bill Walsh first at the Cincinnati Bengals and later at the San Francisco 49ers to great acclaim, and the 1981 arrival of linebacker Lawrence Taylor to the New York Giants.
Get all the key plot points of Michael Lewis's The Blind Side on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.
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Sep 17, 2007 · The real-life fable that is The Blind Side tells how a mountainous, destitute black teenager miraculously morphs into an Ole Miss football hero and becomes a member of a wealthy white evangelical family. Its dialogue is sharp and its anecdotes well chosen.
Jan 1, 2007 · The story of how the object of football has changed from scoring touchdowns to trying to break the quarterback's legs is only a part of Blind Side. The main part is the story of one person, Michael Oher, who is sixteen when we meet him.
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller 'Lewis has such a gift for storytelling…he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons.' —Janet Maslin, New York Times , The Blind Side, Evolution of a Game, Michael Lewis, 9780393330472
