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Tailgate To Heaven
This title provides an outsider's take on American football. It delves deep into fandom tailgating and the action on the field to show why people love football as much as they do. It combines the road trip and sports genres into an irreverent and provocative cultural study. It demonstrates how a British fan comes to terms with his very American obsession. Despite a global recession Adam Goldstein felt 2008 was the perfect time to invest in his lifelong passion. He sold his flat and left his job and his girlfriend in London for American football. His goal was to achieve what no other American football fan has accomplished: attend one live National Football League (NFL) game including those in London and Canada at every NFL stadium during the regular season. He travelled over 65 000 miles to
watch 40 American football games in 18 weeks to experience and understand the phenomenal appeal of that classic American pastime the tailgate party. He drove from stadium to stadium tailgate to tailgate sometimes 800 miles a day digesting everything that American football could serve up. He met players and extreme fans alike and was party to surreal pregame rituals while absorbing the rich cultural differences of each part of the country. During his football odyssey a grueling yet rewarding quest he compared sports traditions and fandom in the United Kingdom and the United States and in the process of football self-discovery he found himself often embraced by NFL fans across the continent as if he had the key that unlocked the very meaning of life. Tailgate to Heaven" is a humorous moving
and inspiring story about how nothing closes the cultural gap as love of the game and camaraderie."
watch 40 American football games in 18 weeks to experience and understand the phenomenal appeal of that classic American pastime the tailgate party. He drove from stadium to stadium tailgate to tailgate sometimes 800 miles a day digesting everything that American football could serve up. He met players and extreme fans alike and was party to surreal pregame rituals while absorbing the rich cultural differences of each part of the country. During his football odyssey a grueling yet rewarding quest he compared sports traditions and fandom in the United Kingdom and the United States and in the process of football self-discovery he found himself often embraced by NFL fans across the continent as if he had the key that unlocked the very meaning of life. Tailgate to Heaven" is a humorous moving
and inspiring story about how nothing closes the cultural gap as love of the game and camaraderie."
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