By Tim Menicutch
IJ correspondent
IJ correspondent
October 20, 2013
The Steel Curtain never closes. It can't.
Even if time dims the memory of the greatest football dynasty in history, the story of the four-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s is so deeply wedged into NFL folklore there will forever be a tiny crack, providing at least a glimpse of the storied franchise for future generations to examine and admire.
A peak behind the Steel Curtain, however, was never enough to quell the thirst of the Steelers' story for Larkspur resident and author Gary Pomerantz.
In his new book, "Their Life's Work," set to settle onto shelves Oct. 29 with an unveiling in Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center on Oct. 30, Pomerantz has flung the Curtain wide open for an up-close and intimate look at the 1970s Steelers.
"My goal was to put the reader there, to take them behind the castle walls, to put them in the locker room, to put them in the Steel Curtain's defensive huddle," said Pomerantz, who spent 3½ years penning his fifth nonfiction book.
According to some critics, Pomerantz's book scores a decisive touchdown.
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