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marysasala's review against another edition
4.0
This is closer to a 3.5 stars than 4. The authors obvious bias and opinions in the book is off putting. But it's a great story for any sports fan, especially football fans. It tells the story of the rise of the sport in the United States. It also talks of the great athlete, Jim Thorpe who is worth the read himself.
blevins's review against another edition
4.0
Very entertaining book about the early days of college football--much different than the modern game of today. By early days I mean the early 20th century up to a game played between the Carlisle Indian School and Army in 1912. Carlisle had a star athlete from Oklahoma by the name of Jim Thorpe; Army had Dwight Eisenhower; Carlisle coach was Pop Warner.
The book is a great combination of sport history, suspense and description of what it was like for Natives at this time culturally. By the end when the game actually occurs I was rooting very hard for Carlisle to beat Army and beat them roundly. Before the game, Warner delivers maybe one of the all-time pregame speeches to the Carlisle players--urging them to remember that these Army players may be related to the soldiers who killed relatives of theirs! It doesn't get any more intense than that.
Great book if you are into sport history, Thorpe/Eisenhower, Indian culture...
The book is a great combination of sport history, suspense and description of what it was like for Natives at this time culturally. By the end when the game actually occurs I was rooting very hard for Carlisle to beat Army and beat them roundly. Before the game, Warner delivers maybe one of the all-time pregame speeches to the Carlisle players--urging them to remember that these Army players may be related to the soldiers who killed relatives of theirs! It doesn't get any more intense than that.
Great book if you are into sport history, Thorpe/Eisenhower, Indian culture...
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