Hail To The Redskins

“If there is one book to own about those glorious days, when Washington ruled the NFL world, this is it. A great literary ride about a special team. A must have for fans of the team.” – Mike Freeman, Bleacher Report’s NFL Lead Writer and author of Undefeated: Inside the Miami Dolphins’ Perfect Season

“Lazarus’ solid, unflashy reporting is celebratory without being worshipful, and his study of what made a winning Washington team click will inspire both nostalgia and yearning among fans.” – Kirkus Reviews

“The wildly successful Joe Gibbs era comes alive in Adam Lazarus’s riveting new book about the most important sports team in Washington. Gibbs took a proud but struggling franchise and turned it into a football dynasty. What a delight it is to live that fascinating story all over again.” – Christine Brennan, USA Today columnist and author of Best Seat in the House

“Exhaustively researched, superbly written. … I have a high bar for sports books and Adam Lazarus cleared it. Fun story arc, great human interest studies.” – Chris Wesseling, NFL.com writer

“I called every play in the years described here. Now I walk away from reading Adam Lazarus’s wonderful Hail to the Redskins with a better perspective on how that magic actually happened. Hail to Adam Lazarus for a job well done!” – Frank Herzog, Washington Redskins’ play-by-play announcer, 1979-2004

“A nostalgic trip down East Capitol Street to RFK Stadium, a memory lane peppered with familiar nicknames… and important victories and milestones.” – Washington Post

“Offers a guided oral history of the Washington football dynasty that lasted from 1981 to 1992; the narrative is punctuated by scores of quotes from leading participants. … Lazarus’s rich subject will be of interest to football fans.” – Library Journal

“Summons the days when the fan base was a rabidly loyal metropolis. … [Lazarus] gets at something fundamental about those teams.” – Washingtonian

Adam Lazarus is a member of the Professional Football Writers of America and the author of three previous sports books, including Best of Rivals: Joe Montana, Steve Young, and the Inside Story Behind the NFL’s Greatest Quarterback Controversy. His writing has appeared in ESPN The Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bleacher Report, and USA Today. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Sarah, and sons, Aaron and Benjamin.