Word: schaap
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...size of the book's potential readership, it seems hardly worthwhile to even bother writing it. But the financial rewards, if only temporary, can be considerable; the case and rapidity with which a collaborated autobiography can be put together are tempting. So it is not surprising that Dick Schaap, a well-known freelancer, has undertaken an "As told to..." book about New York Jets' quarter-back Joe Namath. And it is also not surprising that his effort falls short of its mark, plagued primarily by built-in style barriers...
...Wait Until Tomorrow... Cause I Get Better Looking Every Day makes no attempt to avoid the "potboiler" label. Schaap wrote it at the most opportune time possible-shortly after Namath had silenced his critics by engineering an improbable upset of the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl game a year ago-and he consciously played up the personal qualities that had given Namath his notorious charisma...