03707cam a2200397 4500 235460923 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547511078 0547511078 B005LVR67S Amazon a0f1f7d3-ee4e-4cf3-832e-6ffa0b7a023d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 704952 OverDrive (Product ID) 704952 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Roberts, Randy. A Team for America [Libby] : The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. football. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3176kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>"A rousing celebration of a moment in history when college football was more than metaphor and entertainment, it was a gritty sidebar to real war." — Robert Lipsyte, author of <i>An Accidental Sportswriter</i></p>Each year the Army and Navy football teams meet for one epic game. Across the nation, fans tune in to see who will emerge victorious. But no game will ever match the one that was played on December 2, 1944. America was in the midst of World War II: soldiers and sailors were dying around the globe, and the home front suffered through shortages. But for one day, all that was forgotten.<br /> <br /> Navy's team was ranked number two, Army's number one and on the verge of becoming national champions. Everywhere, the war stopped as soldiers listened to the broadcast. Randy Roberts has interviewed the surviving players and coaches, bringing their stories to life. For three years, military upperclassmen graduated and joined the fight. For three hours, their alma mater gave them back one unforgettable performance.<br /> <br /> "The story of Army's celebrated 1944 national championship team is a fascinating one, and its victory over Navy that year is remembered as one of college football's greatest games. But Randy Roberts's <i>A Team for America</i> tells an even greater story. It is a story of our country. Of a time when college football — and this remarkable Army team — helped rekindle hope and confidence throughout the land." — Brigadier General Peter M. Dawkins, U.S. Army (Ret.), 1958 Heisman Trophy winner, West Point<br /> <br /> "Roberts brings a historian's thoroughness to the subject . . . A fascinating time in American collegiate sports history." — Kirkus Reviews. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 20:32:42. http://westtexas.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=a0f1f7d3-ee4e-4cf3-832e-6ffa0b7a023d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/A0F/1F7/D3/TeamforAmerica9780547511078.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A0F1F7D3-EE4E-4CF3-832E-6FFA0B7A023D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/A0F/1F7/D3/TeamforAmerica9780547511078.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A0F1F7D3-EE4E-4CF3-832E-6FFA0B7A023D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/A0F/1F7/D3/TeamforAmerica9780547511078.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A0F1F7D3-EE4E-4CF3-832E-6FFA0B7A023D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CCTYL