John U. Bacon

On Saturday, September 7th join us for an event with John U. Bacon to discuss his latest book, Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football. This is a ticketed event, tickets are $5 and will go toward $5 off the purchase of the book at the time of the event. Please purchase tickets through our website or by calling us at 231.347.1180. 

From “the poet laureate of Michigan football” and three-time New York Times bestselling chronicler of the Wolverines, a riveting and revealing insider’s account of the Jim Harbaugh era and a deeply reported human portrait of life within a big-time college football program. 

John U. Bacon is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including Three and Out; Fourth and Long; and Endzone. He appears often on NPR and national television, and teaches at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the University of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and son.

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Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 6:00pm
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Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football By John U. Bacon Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062886941
Availability: Special Order
Published: Mariner Books - September 3rd, 2019

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

From the “poet laureate of Michigan football," a riveting inside chronicle of the Jim Harbaugh era, and "an unprecedented look at the inner workings" (Sporting News) of a big-time college football program


The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism By John U. Bacon Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780062666543
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books - November 6th, 2018

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes


Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football By John U. Bacon Cover Image
$39.00
ISBN: 9781250079329
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 11th, 2016

The paperback version of Endzone includes an all-new, 57-page Afterword covering Michigan's triumphant 2015 season, and never-dull 2016 off-season. Informed by exclusive, in-depth interviews with Jake Rudock, Blake O'Neill, Jake Butt, Jim and Sarah Harbaugh and his parents.


Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football By John U. Bacon Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781476760308
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - September 16th, 2014

From New York Times bestselling author and Michigan football expert John Back, an analysis of the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it.

In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author John U.