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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
small town, 50's & high school football
excellent book! written in a unique perspective that provides an unfiltered description of growing up in the small town south in the 1950's. The back drop is a "david & goliath" football game as little Mount Dora High meets state powerhouse, unbeaten, Bishop Moore-a catholic school from the big city of Orlando. sad, touching, comical.. enjoyable read!
Published on February 11, 2004
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry, Professor, but I don't like your book!
If you are looking for a straight-forward walk down memory lane, forget this book. It rambles disjointedly, like someone just writing down random thoughts as they occur to him. I wanted to read this book because I was a former student of the author, and the person that came through in this book is certainly not the person, the professor, that I remember. What may have...
Published on March 6, 2003
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry, Professor, but I don't like your book!,
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This review is from: A Roast for Coach Dan Spear: Small Town Football Dreams from Florida Fifties (Paperback)
If you are looking for a straight-forward walk down memory lane, forget this book. It rambles disjointedly, like someone just writing down random thoughts as they occur to him. I wanted to read this book because I was a former student of the author, and the person that came through in this book is certainly not the person, the professor, that I remember. What may have been an appealing topic gets lost in the hodgepodge of literary devices. Who (unless you are "in" on the jokes) needs the interminable list of names? I can't recommend this book, and I'm very disappointed that it is not the book I thought it would be.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
small town, 50's & high school football,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Roast for Coach Dan Spear: Small Town Football Dreams from Florida Fifties (Paperback)
excellent book! written in a unique perspective that provides an unfiltered description of growing up in the small town south in the 1950's. The back drop is a "david & goliath" football game as little Mount Dora High meets state powerhouse, unbeaten, Bishop Moore-a catholic school from the big city of Orlando.sad, touching, comical.. enjoyable read! |
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A Roast for Coach Dan Spear: Small Town Football Dreams from Florida Fifties by Robert Lee Bowie (Paperback - Nov. 1997)
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