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Growing up on the gridiron : football, friendship, and the tragic life of Owen Thomas / Vicki Mayk.
Van Pelt Library GV939.T4445 M39 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayk, Vicki, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Owen, 1988-2010.
- Thomas, Owen.
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
- Football--Social aspects--United States.
- Football.
- Football players--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Football players.
- Football--Social aspects.
- Allentown (Pa.)--Biography.
- Allentown (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Allentown.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Explores the experience of one young man and the concerns about CTE he helped to illuminate, and the cultural allure of football in America that keeps boys trying to make the team despite the dangers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Game Changer
- ch. 2 Birth Of A Viking
- ch. 3 Suiting Up
- ch. 4 In The Middle
- ch. 5 Football Boys
- ch. 6 Thundercats
- ch. 7 Penn Pals
- ch. 8 Football Family
- ch. 9 Playing Through The Pain
- ch. 10 Testimony
- ch. 11 Divine Providence
- ch. 12 Changing Their Minds
- ch. 13 But Not Forgotten.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mayk, Vicki. Growing up on the gridiron.
- ISBN:
- 9780807021927
- 080702192X
- OCLC:
- 1132238921
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