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Rose Bowl dreams : a memoir of faith, family, and football / Adam Jones.
- Title
- Rose Bowl dreams : a memoir of faith, family, and football / Adam Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Adam.
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV742.42.A32 A3 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 286 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Traces the author's introduction to college football by his mother, their shared experiences throughout three dramatic Texas Longhorn seasons, and his observations about why college football is followed so passionately in Texas.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies
- Anecdotes
- Biographies
- Autobiographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue: Faith in God and Football 1 -- Part 1 Beginnings of Fandom 13 -- 1 Buffalo Bowl 15 -- 2 Still Water 31 -- 3 Big Time 43 -- 4 Bulldog Eases on Out 61 -- 5 A Partner Is Born 85 -- 6 Sooner Nation 97 -- Part 2 Loss, and Hope 111 -- 7 St. George and the Mennonites 113 -- 8 My Season Has Arrived 127 -- 9 Frigid Nights and an Unlikely Hero 137 -- 10 Lubbock, Texas, in My Rearview Mirror 149 -- Part 3 Redemption 167 -- 11 Birth of the Cool 169 -- 12 Down from Mount Horeb 179 -- 13 Waiting for Vince 189 -- 14 Lubbock, Revisited 203 -- 15 Rose Bowl Dreams 219 -- 16 Lone Star Drinking Club 237 -- 17 Moment 261.
- ISBN
- 9780312373696 (alk. paper)
- 0312373694 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008018433
- OCLC
- 184822883
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library