Deep in the Heart of Texas: Reflections of Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
The authors, daughters of a surgeon and entrepreneur from Lubbock, Tex., were all cheerleaders with "America's Team," the Dallas Cowboys, from 1978 to 1985. As narrated by Stephanie, the book pretty much puts to rest the rumor that the cheerleaders were concubines for the athletes: fraternization was forbidden and few members of the troupe would risk losing their jobs, even though the young women were exploited economically and a number of them used cocaine to stay skeletally thin. The book points out too that Texas is "filled with macho men with nothing else to do but play football" and with groupies, for whom cheering for Dallas was the summit of their ambition. The breathless, gee-golly-wow tone of the tale would be off-putting if the book did not present such a telling picture of the vacousness of this Texas legend. Photos not seen by PW. $60,000 ad/promo.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.