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Comments in another thread got me thinking of sharing what books about the Bills are out there. For your reading pleasure, here's what I have, with links on where to buy (if still available)

 

Relentless: The Hard-Hitting History of Buffalo Bills Football by Sal Maiorana (1994-10-02)

https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Hard-Hitting-Football-Maiorana-1994-10-02/dp/B01K16ES32/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=buffalo+bills+relentless&qid=1575573209&sr=8-3

 

RELENTLESS: The Hard-Hitting History of Buffalo Bills Football - Volume II by Sal Maiorana (2000-01-03)

https://www.amazon.com/RELENTLESS-Hard-Hitting-Football-Maiorana-2000-01-03/dp/B01K3HDJIO/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=Sal+Maiorana&qid=1575573419&sr=8-13

 

Buffalo Bills Football Vault

https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Bills-Football-Vault-Pitoniak/dp/0794830471/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=buffalo+bills+football+vault&qid=1575573490&sr=8-1

 

Rockin' the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League

https://www.amazon.com/Rockin-Rockpile-Buffalo-American-Football/dp/1550227971/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rockin'+the+rockpile&qid=1575573540&sr=8-1

 

100 Things Bills Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

https://www.amazon.com/Things-Bills-Fans-Should-Before/dp/1600787282/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T89R4GUE9Y7J&keywords=100+things+bills+fans+should+know&qid=1575573678&sprefix=100+things+bills+fans%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1

 

Elvis is in the Scrumdown: Stories from the World's Most Popular Sports Fan

https://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Scrumdown-Stories-Worlds-Popular/dp/1481865501/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=elvis+is+in+the+scrumdown&qid=1575573717&sr=8-1

 

Tale of the Tape: A History of the Buffalo Bills from the Inside

https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Tape-History-Buffalo-Northrop/dp/B01EHZP0C6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tale+of+the+tape+buffalo+bills&qid=1575573762&sr=8-1

 

Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?

https://www.amazon.com/Marv-Levy-Where-Would-Rather/dp/158261797X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=marv+levy+where&qid=1575573809&sr=8-1

 

The Game Plan: The Art of Building a Winning Football Team

https://www.amazon.com/Game-Plan-Building-Winning-Football/dp/1600789811/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23JU3KQ4VA2FC&keywords=bill+polian+book&qid=1575573848&sprefix=bill+pol%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1

 

"Then Levy Said to Kelly. . .": The Best Buffalo Bills Stories Ever Told

https://www.amazon.com/Then-Levy-Said-Kelly-Buffalo/dp/1600780555/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D4E75DTZHY2R&keywords=then+levy+said+to+kelly&qid=1575573890&sprefix=then+levy+%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

 

The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference Team, 1946-1949 by Kenneth R. Crippen

https://www.amazon.com/Original-Buffalo-Bills-All-America-Conference/dp/B01JXS2CAA/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=the+original+buffalo+bills+book&qid=1575573951&sr=8-8

 

Buffalo Bills and the Almost-Dream Season

https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Bills-Almost-Dream-Season-Carucci/dp/0671748505/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=buffalo+bills+almost+dream+season&qid=1575574061&sr=8-1

 

Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills

https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Taskers-Tales-Buffalo-Bills/dp/B00CC7PUOK/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=steve+taskers+tales+from+the+buffalo+bills&qid=1575574115&sr=8-3

 

Tales from the Buffalo Bills

https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Buffalo-Bills-Joe-Delamielleure/dp/B00CNKSQ2Y/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=joe+delamielleure+tales+from+the+buffalo+bills&qid=1575574172&sr=8-3

 

Armed & Dangerous

https://www.amazon.com/Armed-Dangerous-Jim-Kelly/dp/0385424515/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=armed+%26+dangerous+jim+kelly&qid=1575574233&sr=8-1

 

Shout! Newspaper's Unofficial Buffalo Bills Book Of Lists

(both the ISBN and UPC bring up a coin collection book)

 

I remember Bruce Smith had a book. Any others in your collection people should check out?

 

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If you’re old, there are books about/by OJ (one of my favorites is “Education of a Rich Rookie” with stories of old time Bills players and OJ’s Most Memorable Games by Jim Baker), Chuck Knox, Smerlas, Eddie Abramowski, Tasker, Cookie, Dobler, “Talking Proud” (about the 1980 season), “More Than A Ring” about Don Beebe. I have all these and enjoyed them all. 
 

Ron McDole has a new one out that I have on my list to read. 
 

If you are a fan of 1960s Green Bay Packers, “Instant Replay” by Jerry Kramer is a great, great classic.

 

There are also some really interesting books on the old AFL (“Going Long”, “Remember the AFL”, “If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em”, “The Other League”).


I also have a couple on Joe Willie Namath who was quite a character and interesting to read about. 

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On 12/5/2019 at 2:34 PM, Just Jack said:

Rockin' the Rockpile: The Buffalo Bills of the American Football League

https://www.amazon.com/Rockin-Rockpile-Buffalo-American-Football/dp/1550227971/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rockin'+the+rockpile&qid=1575573540&sr=8-1

 

100 Things Bills Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

https://www.amazon.com/Things-Bills-Fans-Should-Before/dp/1600787282/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T89R4GUE9Y7J&keywords=100+things+bills+fans+should+know&qid=1575573678&sprefix=100+things+bills+fans%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1

 

 

 

Anything written by Jeffrey J. Miller is worth the read:

https://www.amazon.com/Jeffrey-J-Miller/e/B00O6Z017M/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

 

 

BTW, thanks for including my book. ?

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A number of those authors attend the annual Bills Backers of Northern Virginia annual tailgate. 

I have signed copies form many of them including some not on list and I will need to dig thru library when I am at home.

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2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

A number of those authors attend the annual Bills Backers of Northern Virginia annual tailgate. 

I have signed copies form many of them including some not on list and I will need to dig thru library when I am at home.

Which ones do you have signed?

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Tim Green, the former Falcon LB turned author, described entering Buffalo via the Sky Way as "Ominous" with a dark colored sky during the Jim Kelly era.

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2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

A number of those authors attend the annual Bills Backers of Northern Virginia annual tailgate. 

I have signed copies form many of them including some not on list and I will need to dig thru library when I am at home.

Get Duffy to sign this one too...

 

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Just now, T&C said:

Get Duffy to sign this one too...

 

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I'll wait to Pixar makes a movie out of it like the spoon in Toy Story 4.

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Here's the Smerlas book mentioned above...I think it came out just after he signed w/ the 49ers. I was going to college in Sacramento at the time, where the 49ers had their training camp outside of town. Tried to get him to sign my copy, but they never let the players anywhere near the fans. Oh well...

 

By a Nose by Smerlas, Fred; Carucci, Vic

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If you’ll allow me a moment of self-promotion, my book, Buffalo Soul Lifters, has two Bills-centric chapters. One is about Hunter Kelly and the amazing legacy he made on both his family and the greater community. The second is about former Bills fullback Doug Goodwin and his spellbinding 9/11 story.

 

The book is one of the best-selling in WNY history and impacted my life in so many ways. I would be happy to sign a copy for anyone here at TSW.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Soul-Lifters-Collection-Inspirational/dp/1879201488

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