Chiefs Kingdom: The Official Story of the 2019 Championship Season

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The only authorized, intimate portrait of the spectacular season that saw the Kansas City Chiefs return toand wintheir first Super Bowl in fifty years. Featuring a foreword from head coach Andy Reid, and exclusive behind-the-scenes images from the Chiefs team photographers,this is a vivid, one-of-a-kind chronicle of the Chiefs march to their second world championship.

In 2019, the NFLs one hundredth season, theChiefs once againscaled pro footballs summit, persevering through a season marked by adversity and resilience. Experience the historicjourneyas it has never been seenbefore: from the inside, through rare, on- and off-the-field photography, key never-before-seen artifacts spanning the entirecampaign, and Andy Reids personal account of winning his first Super Bowl ring as a head coach.

Chiefs Kingdomis more than a commemorative celebration of a world title; it is the epic story of a team on a mission, as a revamped defense and its new coordinator came together over the course of a long season, and the leagues mostpotentoffense survived the temporary loss of its MVP quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.

From The West Is Not Enough to 2-3 Jet Chip Wasp, this lavish, handsome bookdocumentsthe remarkable turn of eventsduringthe marathon regular season, as well as the unprecedented post-seasonrun in which the Chiefs rallied from double-digit deficits in all three games.Colorful, insightful, and dramatic,Chiefs Kingdom is an absorbing accountof one of the most unforgettable seasons in pro football history.

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Andy Reid is the sixth-winningest coach in pro football history. In seven seasons coaching the Kansas City Chiefs, hes led the team to seven straight winning seasons, six playoff berths, four consecutive AFC West titles, and one Super Bowl trophy. Reid earned a masters degree (in professional leadership) and a bachelors degree (in physical education) at Brigham Young University. While playing football at BYU, he also served as a columnist for the Provo Daily Herald.

Michael MacCambridgehas written about movies, music and popular culture, but he is best known as one of the nation's foremost authorities on pro and college football. His 2004 bookAmerica's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured A Nationwas named by TheWashington Postas one of the most distinguished works of non-fiction that year; in 2016, the book was ranked No. 1 on NFL historian Chris Williss list of "The Top 100 Pro Football Books of All Time." In 1999, MacCambridge was the editor and a contributing writer for TheNew York TimesbestsellerESPN SportsCentury, a retrospective of sports in the 20th Century, and in 2005 he edited the critically-acclaimedESPN College Football Encyclopedia, hailed bySports Illustratedas "the Bible" of the sport. He has also written biographies of Lamar Hunt and Chuck Noll, and hismost recent book, '69 Chiefs: A Team, A Season, and the Birth of Modern Kansas City, was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2019.MacCambridge's freelance work has appeared in TheNew York Times, TheWall Street Journal,Sports Illustrated,GQ, and many other publications. He lives in Austin, with his children, Miles and Ella.