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Chasing Destiny
Chasing Destiny
Author: Eric Jerome Dickey
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ISBN-13: 9780451219275
ISBN-10: 0451219279
Publication Date: 4/3/2007
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: NAL Trade
Book Type: Paperback
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A wonderful Book!!!!!
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the books of ejd that ive read lately havent been so great. i started to give up hope- until i read this!!! i loved the story, the characters, the scenery, everything. and though there was a lot going on, you know it could've happened. lol. sad but true. and he's such a great writer when it comes to a female p.o.v. hope he continues on this streak.
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I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. I LOVE ALL OF ERIC JEROME DICKEY BOOKS. HE NEVER LET ME DOWN.
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The story itself may have been pretty good. But the narrator was so bad I just couldn't listen to it past the first CD.
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From Publisher's Weekly: With a strong overtone of moral teaching, college football coaching legend Holtz offers a prosaic but endearing memoir. It's clear from the beginning that Holtz sees coaching as nurturing more than mere athletic achievement; it's an opportunity to mold promising student-athletes into superlative young men: "Coaching gives one a chance to be successful as well as significant." Holtz grew up in a hardscrabble West Virginia mining town in the 1940s and '50s, keeping a determinedly working-class and strictly religious attitude no matter how high he climbed as a coach. His stories of assistant and then head coaching at institutions from Ohio State to North Carolina Stateâ"as well as run-ins with big names like Bill Cowherand Bill Clintonâ"are full of funny anecdotes and neat little lessons, but they tend to blur in the mind. A standout is Holtz's long-term position at Notre Dame, of special importance not just because of his devout Catholicism but also his refreshing devotion to strict academic standards for the players. In fact, what stands out is his modesty and adamant belief that football is ultimately less important than education.