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Author Roberts, Diane, 1959- author.

Title Tribal : college football and the secret heart of America / Diane Roberts.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.332 R54    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.33263 ROBERTS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  796.3326 R54T    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3326 ROBERTS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 246 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-233) and index.
Contents Pregame -- First quarter. Tribal boundaries ; Who the hell are we? ; At the creation ; Clean, old-fashioned hatred ; Big game -- Second quarter. Old-time religion ; Consecrated ground ; God is my offensive coordinator ; Muscular Christianity ; Gator Galahad -- Halftime. Death of a drum major -- Third quarter. The gender bowl ; The ladies auxiliary -- Fourth quarter. Jaboo wins ; The plantation ; Fighting the war all over again ; The Southern way of life ; The fall of the House of Bowden -- Postgame.
Summary Investigates the darker side of college football, describing how no matter how heinous a team or its members behave off the field all transgressions seem to be forgiven if they win championships and awards.
"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Football -- United States -- History.
College sports -- United States -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Football.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
College sports. (OCoLC)fst00867925
Football. (OCoLC)fst00931362
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780062342621 (hardcover)
0062342622 (hardcover)
9780062342638 (paperback)
0062342630 (paperback)
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