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The Immortal Ten: The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

Autor Todd Copeland
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 noi 2001
On the morning of January 22, 1927, Baylor University's basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas that night. The game, however, would never be contested. Ten of the twenty-two passengers died when a train hit the team's bus at a crossing in Round Rock--the worst such accident in Texas history at the time. The students who died soon became known as "The Immortal Ten," eulogized across the state and nation. This is their story.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781932792904
ISBN-10: 1932792902
Pagini: 112
Ilustrații: b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Baylor University Press
Colecția Baylor University Press (US)

Recenzii

Since that tragic January day in 1927, and for the several decades that followed, most Baylor people and many Texans vividly remembered the bus-train collision that resulted in the deaths of ten Baylor athletes and students. But details can elude us and memories grow dim with the passage of time. Now, based on some marvelous in-depth research, Todd Copeland has brought that day and those victims and survivors back to life. His dramatic account should be 'must' reading for Baylor people everywhere, as well as for those for whom Southwest Conference history still commands a place close to their hearts. Dave Campbell, former Waco Tribune-Herald sports editor and founder of Texas Football magazine
Todd Copeland has told the story of Baylor's Immortal Ten with a dignity of remembrance justly deserved by the young men who lost their lives. He has made each of the passengers of that ill-fated bus become personal acquaintances to the reader instead of distant shades of memory. The Baylor spirit that is personified in the story of the Immortal Ten has been indelibly enriched by Copeland's masterful treatment of the subject. --Dr. Eugene Baker, Baylor University historian from 1981 to 1995 and author of To Light the Ways of Time

Cuprins

Preface List of Illustrations 1 Departing Baylor 2 The Best of Hopes 3 In the Company of Friends 4 On the Bus 5 The Collision 6 Among the Dead 7 Heartbreaking News 8 Days of Mourning 9 The Accident's Aftermath 10 An Undying Spirit Appendix 1: A Tradition of Remembrance Appendix 2: A Proper Memorial Acknowledgments and Source Notes