Seattle Seahawks Super Season

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12th Man, your sporting dream finally came true when the Seahawks won the

Super Bowl. Now it’s time to relive the spectacular 2013 season through the

eyes of the ultimate 12: Notes from a 12 Man author Mark Tye Turner. Super-

fan Turner has been following the team since the very beginning in 1976,

through all the ups and downs. His new book Seattle Seahawks Super Season

(Sasquatch Books; $16.95; August 2014) is a vivid and insightful account of the

exciting year the Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII with coach Pete

Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson.

It’s all right here. Stealing a win in Houston. Coming back from 21-0

against the Buccaneers. Blowing out the Saints on Monday Night Football.

Denying the rival 49ers in the final seconds of the NFC Championship.

Completely dominating the Broncos and their “greatest offense of all time” in Super Bowl XLVIII. Starting in

the 2013 preseason and following through to the aftermath of the team's momentous victory parade, this account

of the season is peppered with stories and anecdotes from the Seahawks’ thirty-eight-year history.

The book is based on a journal Turner kept throughout the season, filled with his hilarious commentary,

predictions, and thoughts before and after each game. The book begins in early September with concerns about

Percy Harvin’s injury and meeting Turner’s new game-viewing crew who dance to the Matlock theme after each

touchdown. Relive every game’s tense moments and thrilling victories. Sports fans will revel in this year-in-the-

life account of an avid devotee, following the highs and lows of a football team on their way to becoming

world champions. (MORE)

Relive the triumphant 2013 season with one of the team’s most noted storytellers

Seattle Seahawks Super SeasonMark Tye Turner

“It took 38 seasons, but finally the Seahawks were able to hoist the Lombardi Trophy this past February as the world-champion Seattle Seahawks. Like every other ‘12th Man,’ I will never tire of saying or writing those four words. In fact, I will write them again:

world-champion Seattle Seahawks.”

SEATTLE SEAHAWKSSUPER SEASON

MARK TYE TURNER

Notes from a 12 on theBest Season in Seahawks History

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About the Author

Mark Tye Turner is an Emmy Award–winning

television writer/producer who can scratch seeing the

Seahawks win a Super Bowl from his bucket list. He

was born and raised in the Seattle area and has been a

12th Man ever since the Seahawks first lit up the

Kingdome in 1976. He currently lives in Los Angeles

with his wife, Terry.



Seattle Seahawks Super Season Notes from a 12 on the Best Season in Seahawks History

Mark Tye Turner August 2014 • $16.95 • 160 pages • Paperback, 8-page color insert

ISBN: 978-1-57061-976-2

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Notes from a 12 ManA Truly Biased History of the Seattle Seahawks978-1-57061-602-0

Also by Mark Tye Turner





Mark Tye Turner’s 12 Facts About 12

1. The Seahawks’ first-ever regular season game was on September 12, 1976.

2. On October 12, 2003, the 12th Man flag was raised for the first time at what is now CenturyLink Field.

3. Pete Carroll’s first game as the Seahawk head coach was September 12, 2010. He was victorious in his debut.

4. Russell Wilson won twelve games in his rookie season in 2012.

5. The 2013 season was the 12th year of the remodeled NFC West division. The Seahawks have won the division title six times.

6. The Seahawks traded for Super Bowl XLVIII star Percy Harvin on March 12, 2013.

7. The Seahawks scored 12 points to beat the Carolina Panthers on opening day of the 2013 season. It was the first time they finished with 12 points in a victory.

8. A few weeks before facing the Seahawks on Monday Night Football, the New Orleans Saints set an NFL record with 40 first downs. Against the Seahawks, they had only 12.

9. Marshawn Lynch scored 12 rushing touchdowns in 2013.

10. The Seahawks scored 12 seconds into Super Bowl XLVIII, the fastest score in the championship game’s history.

11. The Hawks scored 12 seconds into the second half of Super Bowl XLVIII. Percy Harvin’s kickoff return essentially closed the door on the Broncos.

12. The number of people in Seattle who didn’t watch Super Bowl XLVIII? That would be 12.



SEATTLE SEAHAWKSSUPER SEASON

MARK TYE TURNER

Notes from a 12 on theBest Season in Seahawks History

Seattle Seahawks Super SeasonMark Tye TurnerISBN: 978-1-57061-976-2



Praise for Mark Tye Turner’s first book, Notes from a 12 Man

“Notes from a 12 Man is a fan's account of the long and storied history of the Seattle Seahawks from Jack Patera, Bill the Beer Man, Kenny Easley, and Efren Herrera to Matt Hasselbeck. ...Over the years, I have seen numerous attempts at presenting the Seahawks history in writing. But there have not been any done as well as Notes from a 12 Man. I found myself reading the text and alternately laughing, crying, cringing, and shouting out loud!”—Steve Largent

“Mark Turner writes about the Seahawks with childlike fascination. . . It's a great read for Seahawk fans and fans of pro football, period.”—Kenny Mayne, ESPN

“In this sustained howl of happiness, hilarity, and horror, Mark Turner perfectly captures the (fundamentally weird) essence of the Seahawk franchise. No Seahawk fan, serious or casual, can afford to do without this book.”—Fred Moody, author of Seattle and the Demons of Ambition

“. . . a detailed, humorous and sometimes pained fan perspective of the franchise's 33 years of existence. [Turner] covers everything—from his magical memories of watching his first game at the Kingdome to the tense period when Ken Behring almost moved the team, to quirky, who-woulda-thunk-it trivia about the team.”—Seattle Times

“Turner's book is packed with . . . specific and funny Seahawks moments. Some of them we remembered, some of them we'd forgotten, some of them (especially the pre-1983 stuff) we'd never known. It's a book that will sit on our bookshelf probably until we die, ready to supply a quick trip down memory lane whenever we desire it.”—Seattlest.com

“The book is a must read for any and all Seahawks fans, as it provides a thorough and very entertaining historical look at the team through the eyes of a true 12th Man.”—Seahawks Gab

“If you've been searching for a comprehensive, conversationally-toned, boosterish history of the Seattle Seahawks, composed entirely of short, bathroom-length entries, search no longer. And, yes, that may sound like an absurd 'if' but the Hawks are sports lifeblood in these parts, and every fan has memories he or she would like to relive, or even just confirm. Enter television writer Mark Tye Turner and his Notes From a 12 Man: A Truly Biased History of the Seattle Seahawks . . . Recalling everything from the team's trade of Ahmad Rashad to Steve Largent's epic revenge hit on Denver safety Mike Harden, it's enough to put even the most Cliff Claven of us to shame.”—Seattle Weekly





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