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Summary: Great story, average writing.
Review: verdant: 1 a : green in tint or color <verdant grass> b : green with growing plants <verdant fields> 2 : unripe in experience or judgment : GREEN 9a, bRemember that definition as you read this book, it popped up rather frequently for a word rarely used in anybody's vocabulary. I greatly enjoyed the story, though this book will never be comparable to "Friday Night Lights". The author had a tendency to do the "this happened, then that happened" method of writing and his anecdotes sometimes felt forced. Not to be misunderstood, I'm glad I read it. It is enjoyable for fans of Paul "Bear" Bryant, Texas A&M or college football in general. Beyond that audience, however, it will probably leave something to be desired.
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Summary: An amazing story of courage and will power
Review: The book is one of the best football books I have read in a long time. You can almost feel what the football players are feeling. Bear Bryant broke down their spirit and built them back up. Almost all of the players who made it did very well in their professional lives. Joe Boring a scout with the Dallas Cowboys had an amazing career as a coach in the High School Ranks. He is just one of the many who made it back.
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Summary: Very good
Review: I was a student at A&M and followed the Bear to Alabama. What ever shortcomings the book may have I read it in a day. Not a speed reader by any means but just couldn't put it down.
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Summary: Really enjoyable but some questionable references!
Review: I really enjoyed this book but I have some "research" questions for Jim Dent: (1) Early in the book Dent has Bear Bryant calling someone a "wimp" for lightly knocking on a door. Was anyone actually using the word "wimp" in 1954? (2) Dent has someone listening to Bob Wills' "Faded Love" on the jukebox. "...the saddest song Weasel had ever heard, the voice belonging to the great Western swinger himself, Bob Wills..." Hmmm. Bob Wills wrote and produced the song several times, but did he ever sing lead on Faded Love? Not on any version I've ever heard. (3). One of the boys gets bitten several times by "fire ants" in Junction. Were there fire ants in Kimble County in the summer of 1954? (4) On the bus to Junction: "Goatherd Jones pulled a transistor radio from his blanket and some of the boys started singing along with Toy Caldwell (on the radio)" Wow! If it's the Toy Caldwell I'm thinking of (leader of the 70's & 80's Marshall Tucker Band) he must have been around 8 years old at the time. And even though the transistor was invented in 1948...were there Aggies carrying around transistor radios in their blankets in the summer of 1954??? This book reminds me of watching a well acted movie version of Robin Hood and trying to ignore the occasional telephone pole and airplane in the background. I do reccomend this book!
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Summary: author obviously did not check his resource people
Review: If the author wants to write fiction, he should label it as such. I am a writer and realize we all make mistakes, but I have known Jack Finney for forty years and have never known him to take God's name in vain. He also made his fortune in the baking business and from investiments, not oil as Mr. Dent states.
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Summary: Hey numbskull from Pasadena
Review: I haven't even read this book, but obviously either you didnt, or if you did, you didnt pay very close attention: Bear Bryant did not coach or "encourage" the Aggies to the 1939 National Championship. He coached there during the 50's. I still plan on reading the book, despite your uninformed review.
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Summary: Powerfully Stimulating! A must read for all.
Review: The Junction Boys is a magical story that takes you back to an era of truth and accountability. A highly descriptive telling that entrances the reader throughout the whole book. This book is much more than a story about college football. It is story about life.
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Summary: A fantastic tribute to human endurance.
Review: This is undoubtedly one of the finest books written about an exceptional collection of young men and a coach who was driven to be the best in his profession. One can almost feel the agony of each individual as he struggles to locate within himself exactly what his limits are. Thanks to Jim Dent and the people who were a part of this entire story.
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Summary: The best book of the Aggies in the 19th century.
Review: If you read this book you will find out how The Texas Aggie Football Team spent 10 days of hell with Bear Bryant encouraging them to win the National Championship in 1939.
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Summary: Jim Dent captures the era and shares it.
Review: The Junction Boys is a wonderful book! Jim Dent's style of writing really captures the voices of the players and Coach Bryant. As he introduced the football players, I felt amusement, sadness, amazement, pity and admiration. Coach Bryant's ingenious nature and touches of humanism held the events together as though he were talking. This is a great story of reluctant heros.
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