A Tide Of Dreams:The Untold Backstory Of Coach Paul Bear Bryant And Coaches Carn
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A Tide of Dreams: The Untold Backstory of Coach Paul Bear Bryant, Carney Laslie, and Frank Moseley
Author- Carey Henry Keefe
Item number- 13805210
ISBN- 978-1-64663-687-7
GTIN- 978164663687750000
INGRAM BOOK GROUP INC
With the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, dreams of young men and women across the nation were sidelined while the country prepared for war. This was true, too, of Coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant, Carney Laslie, and Frank Moseley, three friends and former football teammates from the University of Alabama. Their plans to coach football together upended, they instead were selected to be part of a little-known contingent of fast-tracked ace coaches turned naval officers known as the “90-Day Wonders.” The tough, military-style team conditioning they implemented at the Navy’s Pre-Flight Training Centers resulted in a US fighting force which became known for being the toughest in the world.
Post-war, the three men reunited again, ta
