Our Boys

By - Drape, Joe

Floor - Floor 3

Published - St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 2010

ISBN 10 - 0312662637

ISBN 13 - 9780312662639

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Manners and customs

Shelf No - 1

Call Number - 796.3326 DRA

Physical Description - xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Book Information

The football team in Smith Center, Kansas, holders of the nation's longest high-school winning streak, embrace a philosophy of life taught by their legendary coach, Roger Barta: "Respect each other, then learn to love each other and together we are champions." But as the Redmen embarked on a quest for a fifth consecutive state title, they faced a potentially destabilizing transition: the greatest senior class in school history had graduated, and Coach Barta was contemplating retirement. In Smith Center—population: 1,931—this changing of the guard was seismic. Hours removed from the nearest city, the town revolves around "our boys" in a way that goes to the heart of what America's heartland is today. New York Times sportswriter Joe Drape moved his family to Smith Center to discover what makes the team and the town an inspiration for miles around. And in a new afterword, Drape returns to Smith Center to chronicle even greater challenges as the streak enters its sixth year.

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