Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South
Ed Southern, "Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South"
English | ISBN: 1949467694 | 2021 | 308 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1949467694 | 2021 | 308 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South.
Ed Southern, lifelong fan of the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, the smallest school in the NCAA's Power 5, set out to tell the story of how he got tangled, in vines of history and happenstance, with the two giants of his favorite sport: the Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers. He set out to tell how a North Carolina native crossed the shifty, unmarked border between Tobacco Road and the Deep South. He set out to tell how the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant, from beyond the grave, introduced him to his wife, a Birmingham native and die-hard Alabama fan.
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