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Fast Copy (Paperback)
Jeff Guinn; Foreword by Sally Jenkins
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In 1935 Betsy Throckmorton's father lures her from a New York job
with Time magazine back to Claybelle, Texas, with the promise that
she can be the editor of his Claybelle Standard-Times. Betsy brings
along her husband, Ted Winton, an easterner and Yale graduate to
whom she is constantly explaining Texas. Ted will run Ben
Throckmorton's radio station, KVAT, where Booty and Them Others
sing in rivalry with the better known WBAP Light Crust Doughboys.
In Texas, it's the middle of the Depression and the Drought. And
Prohibition is barely over, liquor still a controversy. Every city
has its hobo camp, and Claybelle has the Star of Hope Mission. But
it is also the time of new oil money, high living, infidelity, and
tangled love triangles. Betsy and Ted chain-smoke and drink often
and long, they wouldn't miss a Paschal High School or TCU football
game, they party at the Casino on Jacksboro Highway, and dine at
Claybelle's Shadylawn Country Club. Betsy is a serious journalist
though, and she sets out to change the paper, clashing with the
managing editor when she claims international not state news
belongs on page one. She clashes with the columnists when she tries
to sharpen their leads. The Texas Murder Machine becomes her big
story, when she suspects that Texas Rangers may be killing innocent
young men to collect rewards offered by the Texas Bankers
Association. Betsy's journalistic determination leads to a personal
tragedy that changes her life forever--and makes her a determined,
relentless newswoman. Fast Copy is a page-turner that combines
romantic comedy with the best of the thriller genre. But it's much
more. Dan Jenkins captures Texas in the mid-1930s with a clarity
that brings it alive, and his affection for Texas, Fort Worth, and
TCU are revealed on every page. Only a native like Jenkins would
include the minute details of a TCU-SMU game, the new zephyr
stainless steel railroad train, the T&P railroad station, the
Fort Worth Cats, and LeGrave Field. His portrait of Claybelle and
its leading society folks is tongue-in-cheek funny and right on the
mark. Texans should treasure this book for years to come.
The Washington Post sportswriter and New York
Times bestselling author of the “fascinating” (The Wall
Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love
letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered
over the years and the actionable principles of excellence they
embody. Sportswriter Sally Jenkins has spent her entire adult life
observing and writing about great coaches and athletes. With her
engaging and expert prose, she has helped shape the way we view
these talented sports icons. But somewhere along the line, she
realized, they had begun to shape her. Now, she presents the
astonishing inner qualities in these same people that pushed them
to overcome pressure, elevate their performances, and discover
champion identities. Based on years of observing, interviewing, and
analyzing elite coaches and playmakers, such as Bill Belichick,
Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, and more, Jenkins reveals the seven
principles behind success: -Conditioning -Practice -Discipline
-Candor -Culture -Resilience -Intention Discover how you can apply
these same principles to your life and become your own champion.
Colorful, inspirational, and accessible, The Right
Call is the one stop shop for anyone wanting to learn how to
effectively elevate themselves to greatness.
Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of "It's Not About the Bike,
"revives a forgotten piece of history in "The Real All Americans."
In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story about a
Native American football team that is as much about football as
Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike.
If you'd guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in
1911 and 1912, you'd be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an
institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story
begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who
believed that Native Americans deserved a place in American
society. In 1879, Pratt made a treacherous journey to the Dakota
Territory to recruit Carlisle's first students.
Years later, three students approached Pratt with the notion of
forming a football team. Pratt liked the idea, and in less than
twenty years the Carlisle football team was defeating their Ivy
League opponents and in the process changing the way the game was
played.
Sally Jenkins gives this story of unlikely champions a breathtaking
immediacy. We see the legendary Jim Thorpe kicking a winning field
goal, watch an injured Dwight D. Eisenhower limping off the field,
and follow the glorious rise of Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner as well as
his unexpected fall from grace.
"The Real All Americans" is about the end of a culture and the
birth of a game that has thrilled Americans for generations. It is
an inspiring reminder of the extraordinary things that can be
achieved when we set aside our differences and embrace a common
purpose.
They had no business being there. They were up against
million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and
Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they
wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of
America.
In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide
became "the people's horse," the unheralded New York-bred gelding
who-in a time of war and economic jitters-inspired a nation by
knocking off the champions and their millionaire owners and
sweeping to the brink of the Triple Crown.
Trained by a journeyman who'd spent over 30 years looking for "the
one," ridden by a jockey fighting to come back after years of
injuries and hard knocks, and owned by a band of high school
buddies from Sackets Harbor, N.Y., Funny Cide became a hero and
media sensation.
Now, Sally Jenkins, award-winning co-author of Lance Armstrong's
#1 bestseller "It's Not About the Bike," tells the inside story of
the Funny Cide team's ups and downs against overwhelming odds,
illness, and even scandal, to capture the imagination of millions.
It's a new American classic for the underdog in all of us.
"It wasn't a team. It was a tent revival."
So says Pat Summitt, the legendary coach whose Tennessee Lady Vols entered the 1997-98 season aiming for an almost unprecedented "three-peat" of NCAA championships. Raise the Roof takes you right inside the locker room of her amazing team, whose inspired mixture of gifted freshmen and seasoned stars produced a standard of play that would change the game of women's basketball forever.
The 1997-98 season started innocently enough. One Saturday in August, four young freshmen--Semeka Randall, Tamika Catchings, Ace Clement and Teresa Geter--arrived on the Tennessee campus to begin their college careers. Welcoming them were a number of players from the previous year, including Chamique Holdsclaw and Kellie Jolly. But that night, in a sign of things to come, a simple pickup game turned into an amazing display of basketball brilliance--freshmen against established players, and with barely a shot missed by either side. Suddenly Pat Summitt glimpsed the future: fast, aggressive and hugely talented. This might be the team she'd worked her whole career to coach.
As the season got under way, other dramas unfolded. After one emotional team meeting, Summitt realized that many on the team were playing for something more than just the glory of the game: all four freshmen, for example, came from single-parent homes, and the tough circumstances of the majority of the other players seemed to add an extra edge to their desire to win it all. Further, Chamique Holdsclaw, widely regarded as the greatest female player ever, was being dogged by questions about turning pro--and she seemed reluctant to rule it out. Meanwhile, another member of the team began to notice the unwelcome attentions of a fan, who soon turned out to be a full-fledged stalker.
All this was behind the scenes; out on the court, the win column was swelling with every game: 8-0, 15-0, 21-0. As 1997 turned into 1998, Pat Summitt began privately to admit that this team had changed her: these kids were so lovable, funny and eager to please that she simply had to let them into her heart. Along the way, the Lady Vols were redefining what women were capable of, trading in old definitions of femininity for new ones--in short, they were keeping score. And by the time they entered the NCAA Final Four tournament in Kansas City, Summitt found herself believing the impossible: despite all the distractions, the 1997-98 Lady Vols could go undefeated, and, in doing so, raise the roof off the sport of women's basketball.
Packed with the excitement of a season on the brink of perfection and filled with the comedy and tragedy of one year in the life of a basketball team, Raise the Roof will have readers cheering from the bench for a team of all-conquering players and their astonishing coach.
From the Hardcover edition.
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