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Summary: The Greatest Basketball Story Ever Told
Review: First, just to set the records straight - Milan wasn't the underdogs that the movie "Hoosiers" made them out to be. They should have won the State Championship in 1953, but they were overconfident (they lost in the championship game).The book is very disappointing. It's a very dry history of the team. It's not poorly written, but it's not as exciting as I had hoped. I would suggest only getting it as an addition to a collection of other Indiana High School books. I grew up with this story and would recommend "A Boy, A Ball, and A Dream: The Marvin Wood Story" Marvin Wood was the coach of the '54 Milan Indians.
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Summary: The Shot Heard Round The World
Review: I had the good fortune to talk at length with the book's author. I asked him why people wanted to read about Milan. He said Milan was the ultamite underdog. He drove to each of the players' homes and interviewed each of them for a day. As good as the movie? No...but you'll hear the players themselves speak.
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Summary: Where's the tension?
Review: If you're a basketball fan, you gotta love the concept of the '54 Milan team; underdogs take all in THE high school basketball tourny. But this book is hard to read; I had to fight to make it through the repetitious phrasing and metaphors. And the organization is a bit odd. First an overview, then the '53 season, then the '54 season, followed by biographical chapters for each of the players. You would've though the bio chapters would come first.....at least it would do a lot more for the flow of the book. Recommended only for the most die-hard HS basketball historians.
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Summary: Where's the tension?
Review: If you're a basketball fan, you gotta love the concept of the '54 Milan team; underdogs take all in THE high school basketball tourny. But this book is hard to read; I had to fight to make it through the repetitious phrasing and metaphors. And the organization is a bit odd. First an overview, then the '53 season, then the '54 season, followed by biographical chapters for each of the players. You would've though the bio chapters would come first.....at least it would do a lot more for the flow of the book. Recommended only for the most die-hard HS basketball historians.
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