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| | | Easy Reader (ages 4-8) | Home » » » A Tiger Walk through History: The Complete Story of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era (Pebble Hill Book) | | | | | | | Description: | | In this lively and fascinating book, noted writer and Auburn alum Paul Hemphill tells the story of the progress of Auburn from that first game - coached by Auburn legend George Petrie - through the team's growth and development into the national force it is today. Hemphill records the many highs and occasional lows, and the heartbreak and jubilation each caused, noting the standouts great and small on the way."A Tiger Walk through History" contains 172 photographs, many of them rare and surprising. The text and photos capture the many great players and coaches in the Auburn football experience: Auburn's first bowl appearance in 1936; coaching eras of innovative football genius John Heisman, after whom the Heisman trophy is named; 'Iron Mike' Donahue; Ralph 'Shug' Jordan, who brought Auburn its first national championship; Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, and present coach Tommy Tuberville; Auburn's two Heisman trophy winners Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson; and victories over rivals Alabama and Georgia. The 2007-2008 season is highlighted, including the sixth straight win over Alabama and a bowl victory over Clemson. As the game has grown, Auburn and its team have grown with it, and Auburn now ranks as a perennial power both in its conference and in the nation.Vince Dooley states in his foreword that "beyond the famous coaches and players and their heroics on behalf of the Orange and Blue, "A Tiger Walk through History" is also about time-honored traditions - rallying cries like 'Sullivan-to-Beasley' and 'Punt Bama Punt' and 'Rolling Toomer's Corner' - that echo in resounding fashion from the pages of Paul Hemphill's remarkable book."No fan, casual or devoted, can afford to miss this riveting account of the Plainsmen's journey from the very beginning to today, which is the record of a great university as well as the story of the development of a great football team. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Mr. Paul Hemphill | | Hardcover:
| 288 pages | | Publisher:
| Pebble Hill Books | | Publication Date:
| August 28, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0817315454 | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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"Down Through The Years"Jan 19, 2010
Paul Hemphill has passed away now, but fortunately for Auburn football fans he completed this book first. It's a bit unwieldy due to its coffee-table size, but this reader believes it to be the most complete history of Auburn football he's come across. It treats McKissick, Petrie, Heisman, Ducote and Hitchcock just as thoroughly as it does Tidwell, Jordan, Sullivan, Dye, Bo, and Tuberville.
The book is generous with photographs, the modern ones in color and many of them large. It also explores the political and sociological environments of Auburn football. The book captures the early rivalry with Georgia Tech, and later ones with Alabama and Tennessee.
My only criticism of the book is minor, having to do with errors in scores during games (not final scores) and confusion about players' names. For instance, Auburn's fourth touchdown against Georgia in 1971 is said to have made the score 28-10 Auburn, when actually it was 28-20. Also, the halftime score of the "Punt Bama Punt' game in 1972 is reported as 16-0 Alabama rather than 9-0. And one of Auburn's four first-round NFL draftees in 2004 is listed as Karlos Dansby rather than Carlos Rogers, an understandable error. The book is published by the University of Alabama Press, which might explain typos leading to incorrect scores.
Several professional writers who are Auburn graduates also contribute one- or two-page vignettes, including David Housel, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, and Cynthia Tucker.
You'll get your money's worth.
A Tiger Walk Through HistoryOct 01, 2009
I ordered this book after reading an article on Paul Hemphill in the Auburn Alum magazine. I will be giving it as a Christmas present to my son. I scanned through the book and found it to be everything I had hoped for. It brought back a lot of memories of the time I spent there starting with the Sullivan/Beasley era. It would be a good reference for anyone who has remained faithful to Auburn through the good and not so good football seasons.
War Eagle!
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A New Look at An Old, Old Story--Still, a Walk Worth Taking...Jan 04, 2009
Paul Hemphill's cryptic but always loving style (toward anything Auburn)makes this oft-told story of Auburn Football worth reading again. Hemphill tells it well, warts, molds and all, always celebrating the triumphs in such a way that they remain part of the story, not the story itself. By having individuals share their "Auburn Story" as inserts into his text, Hemphill makes this work even more enjoyable. A "Must for the Auburn Football Fan.
Published by the University of Alabama Press under the new "Pebble Hill" seal, that of the Auburn University Center for the Arts and Humanities, this book, while published by Alabama, has the Auburn seal of approval. That alone makes this book noteworthy. (Maybe there is a chance for peace in the Middle East after all!!!)
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