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The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team
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by Jim Dent; Foreword by Gene Stallings

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The legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant is recognized nationwide as one of the greatest coaches ever. So why did he always cite his 1-9 A&M team of 1954 as his favorite? This is the story of a remarkable team - and the beginning of the legend.
"The Junction Boys" tells the story of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's legendary training camp in the small town of Junction, Texas. In a move that many consider the salvation of the Texas A&M football program, Coach Bryant put 115 players through the most grueling practices ever imagined. Only a handful of players survived the entire 10 days, but they braved the intense heat of the Texas sun and the burning passion of their coach, and turned a floundering team into one of the nation's best. "The Junction Boys" is more than just a story of tough practices without water breaks. An extraordinary fellowship was forged from the mind-numbing pain. The thirty-five survivors bonded together like no other team in America. They profited from the Junction experience; the knowledge they took back with them to College Station, about themselves and what they were capable of, would be used for the rest of their lives.
In vivid and powerful images reminiscent of "Friday Night Lights, Hoosiers, " and "The Last Picture Show," these young men and their driven coach come to life." The Junction Boys "contains all the hallmarks of a classic sports story, and it combines America's love of college football with an extraordinary story of perseverance and triumph.

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A bonfire licked the night sky as the mob surged in waves toward a grove of trees.

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  • Title The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team Exa
  • Author Jim Dent; Foreword by Gene Stallings
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 290
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Publication date September 10, 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312192938 / 0312192932
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.42 x 1.1 in (24.28 x 16.31 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Football coaches - United States, Bryant, Paul W
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99022179
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Jim Dent is the author of "The Undefeated, King of the Cowboys, " and "You're out and You're Ugly, Too" (with Durwood Merrill). He is an award-winning journalist who covered the Dallas Cowboys for eleven years and worked in the sports media for more than two decades. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University.

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