Four Days to Glory Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

Name: Four Days to Glory Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland
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ISBN: 9780060823191

ISBN-10: 0060823194

ISBN-13: 9780060823191

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Authors: Mark Kreidler

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Somewhere beyond the circle of money, glitz, drugs, and controversy that characterizes professional sports in America, remnants of an ideal exist. In Iowa, that ideal survives in the form of high school wrestling. Each a three-time state champion, Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere have a chance in their senior year to join the sport's most elite group: the "four-timers," wrestlers who win four consecutive state titles. For Jay, a ferocious competitor who feeds off criticism and doubt, a victory would mean vindication over the great mass of skeptics waiting for him to fail. For Dan, who carries on his back the burdens of his tiny farming community, the dreams of his hard-driving coach and…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Mark Kreidler is a sportswriter and columnist who frequently contributes to ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine. He is the author of Four Days to Glory and Six Good Innings and lives in Davis, California.




Locating the Enemy



Merely Really Good



The Family Business



Stick with What Works



A Specific Desperation



Saturday in Wyoming



Only Warm in the Room



The Ghosts of Gable



Same Team



The Youth Movement



Dealing with It



They Hand Out Roses



Moving Day



Barnstorming



Making Things Grow


Epilogue


Acknowledgments