On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100,000 fans. Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other in that historic game were forced to fight a very different enemy. Author Lars Anderson follows four players--two from Annapolis and two from West Point--in this epic true story, The All Americans.
Bill Busik. Growing up in Pasadena, California, Busik was best friends with a young black man named Jackie, who in 1947 would make Major League Baseball history. Busik would have a spectacular sports career himself at the Naval Academy,...
On November 29, 1941, Army played Navy in front of 100,000 fans. Eight days later, the Japanese attacked and the young men who battled each other i...
In this stunning work of narrative nonfiction, Lars Anderson recounts one of college football s greatest contests: "Carlisle vs. Army," the fateful 1912 gridiron clash that had far-reaching implications both real and symbolic. The story centers on three men: Glenn Pop Warner, who came to the Carlisle Indian School in 1903 and saw beyond its assimilationist agenda, molding the Carlisle Indians into a football juggernaut and smashing prejudices along the way; Jim Thorpe, who arrived at Carlisle as a troubled teenager only to become one of America s finest athletes, dazzling his opponents...
In this stunning work of narrative nonfiction, Lars Anderson recounts one of college football s greatest contests: "Carlisle vs. Army," the fateful 19...
