Description: The story of a historic boycott by thirty-one black players on a southern high school football team
Brief description:
Joe Oestreich, Conway, South Carolina, teaches creative writing at Coastal Carolina University. He is the author of Hitless Wonder: A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll. His work has appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Ninth Letter, Creative Nonfiction, and the Normal School, among others.
Review Quotes:
Wonderfully reported and written; a perfect miniature of an entire America.
-Jeff MacGregor, author of Sunday Money and senior writer at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and Smithsonian Magazine