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Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska Paperback – Bargain Price, March 6, 2007

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Eagle Blue follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28-game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship Tournament in March. With insight, frankness, and compassion, Michael D’Orso climbs into the lives of these fourteen boys, their families, and their coach, shadowing them through an Arctic winter of fifty-below-zero temperatures and near-round-the-clock darkness as the Eagles criss-cross Alaska in pursuit of their—and their village’s—dream.

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“D’Orso magnificently chronicles the ups and downs and dramas and comedies on the road, on the basketball court and in the village of Fort Yukon. Eagle Blue is at once a riveting sports story and an incredible exploration of the collision of cultures on one of the planet's few remaining frontiers.”—Seattle Post Intelligencer
“[A] heartfelt homage to a proud, indigenous people who hope to soar with their Eagles, a fleeting escape from the lives often battered by more than the Artic winds.” [3 1/2 stars]—People Magazine (Critic’s Choice)
“D’Orso, a veteran journalist, spent a season with [the Fort Yukon Eagles], attending every practice and game, and came back from the cold with a fascinating book.”—Oregonian
“The best book on Alaska since Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.”—Orlando Sentinel

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Michael D’Orso is the author of more than a dozen books, including Plundering Paradise, Like Judgment Day, Like No Other Time (with Tom Daschle), and Walking with the Wind (with John Lewis).

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001G8WL3E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury USA (March 6, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.24 x 5.48 x 0.89 inches

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Mike D'Orso's work includes sixteen books, all in the form of narrative nonfiction. His subjects range from politics to professional football, from racial conflict to environmental destruction, from inner-city public education to social justice to spinal cord injury. The settings for his books range from Arctic Alaska to the Galapagos Islands to the swamps of rural Florida.

Honors for Mike's work include the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the New York Times Notable Book of the Year list, Newsweek Magazine's 2009 list of "50 Books For Our Times," the American Library Association's Alex Award, the Lillian Smith Book Award for writing on social justice, the Christopher Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the American Library Association's Nonfiction Book of the Year, selection among the New York Public Library's "25 Best Books of the Year", and inclusion three times in The Sporting News' annual Best Sports Stories anthology. Eight of Mike's books have been bestsellers. Three have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His newspaper work as a feature writer at the Virginian-Pilot was also nominated three times for a Pulitzer.

Mike's work has been featured or reviewed in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Outside, Cosmopolitan, Audubon, Reader's Digest, Business Week, People, and The Oxford American magazines, as well as in numerous major metropolitan newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. He has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," C-Span's "Book TV," MSNBC and numerous National Public Radio programs, including Michael Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know?"

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Boldly honest perspective of Native life in modern Arctic Alaska

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Boldly honest, "insiders" perspective from an outsider. Interesting insight into modern Native life in Arctic Alaska.

D'Orso's honest, unembellished presentation of everyday life for the characters - team members and townspeople of Fort Yukon - allows the reader to gain an open true look at what everyday life entails in this part of Alaska. It brings out the difficulties of living in the outposts of Arctic Alaska, Native vs. modern culture, politics vs. the land/natural resources/hunting/etc., and of course the tale of a group of young men and women representing their town as members of high school basketball teams. The pressures faced by these young men as individuals, family members, and town members and how each deals with it and grows shows a great view of life as it unfolds for them. Their daily lives are woven around the story of the basketball team and the course of a season sharing the success and adversity over the course of the year. A wonderful mix of human interest and basketball.

Highly enjoyable read.

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Eagle Blue was outstanding. The ways in which Michael D'Orso portrays the life of high school basketball players from Fort Yukon Alaska, and the affect of the basketball team on the community, seems like he actually lived the story. From traveling by plane to away games, to living in a 'bush city' where drug abuse, alcoholism, and fighting is all too common among the players, D'Orso makes the reader feel as if they are living in the town with this amazing team. Coach Dave is a popular man in town who helps the boys learn to play basketball, and stay on a good, healthy, life path. He is not only the coach for a team which everyone in town looks to for spirit, but he demonstrates to the reader the way of life that people live by in a town like Fort Yukon, Alaska. The end of the book is very surprising. I couldn't put it down. If you're a sports fan who's looking for a page-turning book, I highly recommend Eagle Blue.

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Insightful and Inspirational

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I picked up this book for our school book club. The book came highly recommended by our school principal, our leading reading advocate. The "story" is fantastic; an interwoven tale of a culture I knew little about. D'Orso does an amazing job of pulling you into the lives of the these young men and the adversities they face in their village. Centered around a high school basketball team in the wilderness of Alaska, the story follows one season. The book isn't only about basketball, though; the story tells of the people, the culture. It is a fascinating read and has found a place in my classroom library.

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This book will make a great addition to the school library.

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I made a donation to a school in memory of my uncle. This is one of the books purchased by the school. I was able to get it on my Kindle. Great read! The effect that sports (basketball) have on the schools of Alaska is very profound. Many students live hardships unknown to the lower 48. The coaches, school officials and parents must pull together to make it possible for athletics to have the funds for equipment, facilities, and travel expenses. The schools are so distant that teams must fly or drive to attend games and tournaments.

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This will be a great read for anyone interested in sports as well as for those interested in geography as the state of Alaska is described thoroughly.

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Looking forward to reading it.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2013

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Haven't had time to read it but the book was recommended by a family member from Alaska who said it was excellent

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Nice look at basketball and life in rural Alaska.

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I've read this book before and wanted it back in my collection.

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Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska

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I highly recopmmend this book to people curious about life in the Arctic. It provides interesting social and historical commentary as well as expressing the environmental concerns of many natives. Although centered around basketball, one does not have to be a bball fan to find this book insightful.

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