Emmitt Smith: Record-Breaking Rush to Glory

by Roland Lazenby, Mike Ashley

Celebrate the amazing career of the Dallas Cowboys’ star player, Emmit Smith! This commemorative book is loaded with fact-filled text and a stunning collection of full-color photographs spanning Smith’s Hall of Fame career. Turn the pages - Relive the record-breaking performance that made Smith the NFL’s all-time leading rusher - Witness Smith’s physical and mental strength as he struggled to overcome injuries - Discover Smith’s emergence as the great spiritual leader of his legendary Cowboys team - And much more! Through the best and the worst, Smith has pushed on, earning a singular respect league-wide. This stupendous book celebrates that respect and Smith’s unprecedented achievements. It’s a valuable addition for the sports fan in your life!

48 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2002

About the author

Roland Lazenby is an American sportswriter and educator.

Lazenby has written more than five dozen nonfiction books, mainly about basketball and American football. He has also contributed articles to magazines and newspapers.

Lazenby's book Bull Run! was named Sports Book of the Year for 1997 by the Independent Publishers Association.

Lazenby studied at Virginia Military Institute and Hollins University, and has been a member of Virginia Tech's Department of Communication and Radford University's School of Communication. A group of students from his media writing class compiled the book April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers (2007), an account of the Virginia Tech massacre. Lazenby served as editor.

In 2005, Lazenby and Andrew Mager created Planet Blacksburg, a student organization that focuses on new media, journalism, and publishing.