Driven (book)

Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field is a memoir by former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver,[1] with assistance from sportswriter and author Peter Golenbock.[2] Published in 2013, Driver recounts his childhood spent in poverty, his unlikely rise in athletics through college, and his 14-year career in the National Football League culminating in his victory in Super Bowl XLV.[3] The book became a New York Times Best Seller.[4] It was named by Publishers Weekly as a best seller in the hardcover non-fiction category the first month it was released.[5] Sports Illustrated also ranked Driven as the third best sports book published in 2013.[6]

Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field
Book cover
Author
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDonald Driver
GenreMemoir
PublisherCrown Archetype
Publication date
2013
Pages288
ISBN978-0385349147

References

Citations

  1. "Driven by Donald Driver". Penguin Random House. 2019. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. Driver & Golenbock 2013.
  3. Spofford, Mike (October 23, 2013). "Donald Driver's book tells the whole story". Green Bay Packers, Inc. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. "Books - Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. November 10, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  5. "Best-sellers". The Paducah Sun (clipping). November 3, 2013. p. E2. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019 via Publishers Weekly and Newspapers.com .
  6. "2013 By the Numbers - Best-Selling Sports Books". Sports Illustrated. 2014. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2019 via DonaldDriver80.com.

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