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North Carolina Tar Heels: Where Have You Gone?

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This is a great book. I can't imagine any true Tar Heel fan who would not want to own this book. Great, easy reading. Very informative. What a pleasure to know what some of these guys, especially the older ones have done with their lives. The only thing wrong with this book is it does not include more of the former players. Here's hoping for a sequel!! Bravo to the author!! If you don't yet own this book what are you waiting for!

As a fan of North Carolina basketball, Scott Fowler's new book is a must for all of us who follow UNC. The information provided on former players is very infomative and well written. It was great to see what these former players had done with their lives and their close ties to the UNC basketball program. This book is a trip down memory lane with additional information that is added to my memories of these players.

I have worked relatively closely with North Carolina basketball for more than a quarter-century and, have gained a great knowledge of the history of the program dating back to the beginning of the Atlantic Coast Conference. As a result, I had a blast reading Scott's book.

It brought back a lot of memories, and got me caught-up with a lot of the biggest names in Tarheel basketball history, as well as with some who may have been forgotten.

It's an easy read, and divided up nicely so that you can read little bits at a time if that's all time permits.

Scott Fowler has taken me back to my pre-teen years! I bought the book simply because Scott is one of the greatest story-tellers ever. But when I saw the first chapter was about Lenny Rosenbluth, I knew my sister had to have it! The whole family was forced to follow the Carolina Tarheels during the 1957 Championship season if we wanted a relationship with her, and she had a major crush on Lenny. My other sister choose Tommy Kearns, but was quieter about it. Reading this book was going back in time to when we were all younger and life was simpler!

While I am not Tar Heel born or bred, I am a big basketball fan. This book was extremely interesting and fun to read. I love stories from players that came before the current crop. And there sure are a lot of them here.

I'm a Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred (class of 2003) so I was very excited to receive this book. I thought it would be fun cocktail trivia, but that underestimated how well Scott Fowler tells a story. I had no idea what an inspiring book this would be. Sports fan or not, Carolina fan or not, you will be reminded of all the packages success comes in: leading, integrity, building relationships and the stories go on.

This book is a great read for both Carolina and opposing teams' fans. I bought it for my wife (a North Carolina grad) and ended up loving it myself (UNC Charlotte graduate). The story on Charles Scott - the first black athlete on the UNC basketball program - is especially inspiring. The book is filled with great stories on success in sports, business and life outside of both.

Scott Fowler is one of the best sports writers and storytellers in the country and we are fortunate to have him in the Charlotte area. This book is like reading 36 of his best columns.

Excellent "bringing back the memories" of some familiar faces in Tar Heel history.Nice to be able to hear from them in past and present tense. A wonderful edition to my library.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book being a lifelong tarheel fan. It was interesting learning more about past heroes and also more recent players. I also thought it was good how Scott Fowler put in the personal tidbits about meeting up with these guys and what Dean and Gut (and Woody) had to say about them.

Being a Tarheel fan I could not put this book down until I finished in a very short period of time.