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The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
Maybe someday
48
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Readers
28/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Bradford Pearson
Publisher:
Atria Books
Date:
January 5, 2021
The impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told tale about a World War II incarceration camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary high-school football team--for fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores.s.
What The Reviewers Say
Although the Heart Mountain Eagles are at the figurative center of this book, sports fans seeking football history will find themselves searching for even the mention of a ball within the first half. Contrary to what the title implies, the football team is a secondary focus. However, when the sports writing does pop up, it is nothing short of glorious.
... an engrossing and accomplished debut work of nonfiction.
Pearson tells the moving story of the Heart Mountain Eagles, a high school football team organized at the camp. In telling the story of the team and the internment camp itself, Pearson describes ongoing fear, racism, and discrimination, especially as surrounding rural, white communities in Wyoming refused to play against the team.
... Bradford Pearson has uncovered an absolutely stirring story in his rigorous and important, though flawed, new book, The Eagles of Heart Mountain.
