Oct 3rd 2008 10:00AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, AFC North
For a team that has a legendarily loyal cadre of fans all over the country, the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t inspire a lot of books.
You can’t turn around without finding a book on the Red Sox, and Yankees books are a dime a dozen, but when it comes to the Steelers, we got an onslaught of books after the Super Bowl, but there are years that go by with no new Steelers book.
Jim Wexell, who covers the team for Steel City Insider and a couple of newspapers, is doing his part to change that. Having already written Tales From Behind the Steel Curtain and Men of Steel, Wexell has just come out with his third, and most ambitious book, called Steelers Nation.
Steelers Nation follows Wexell all around the country as he looks up the friends and families of Steelers. It’s an unusual idea, but it actually pays off as we get insights on current and ex-Steelers from people who knew them before they were stars. Wexell actually started out with a plan of documenting how amazingly loyal Steelers fans are around the country, but he quickly turned the book into a series of road trip to meet up with Steelers’ families once he realized the possibilities of sitting to watch a game with Casey Hampton’s family or a chance to talk to James Harrison’s family.Continue Reading
