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

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]

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  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 Open access icon.
  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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