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Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears?

by Robert Coover · 1987

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This Depression Era tale tells of the rise and fall of the Chicago Bear that could not stay onsideGloomy Gus, alias Iron Butt, i.e., Dick to his friends from Whittier, CA. Coover takes apart myth making with this one.

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