In Glory's Shadow : Shannon Faulkner, The Citadel, and a Changing America

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Summary: So, What Happened to Shannon?
Review: Title sounded like a good book for our AAUW book group - a woman facing an all-male educational establishment in the conservative South. A great deal of Southern/Charleston history thrown in - interesting, but besides establishing what most students of history already knew, had little to do with Ms. Faulkner's story. Never got to know her as a person, and court dialogue not included at all in this book. Where were the taunts, controversy, the meat of the trial? Was Ms. Faulkner suffering from heat exhaustion (and if so, why was she so physically out of shape, given she'd had 3+ yrs. to prepare for Hell Week), or was it an emotional breakdown/letdown after all those years of fighting?
Manegold writes like a journalist, giving facts, but little insight to the feature character's final days at the Citadel. Most disappointing! I will not recommend this to my book group.