Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska @ richardeward.com

Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
by Michael D'Orso
from Bloomsbury USA

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Good mix of culture, hoops, and history yet some issues
  Eagle Blue provided great insight into the game of basketball within the small towns of Alaska,specifically among native american communities. The author did an outstanding job of combining culture, hoops, and history within the story. This book also included some interesting political questions regarding government subsidies,drilling for oil, and information on the state and people of Alaska.
  As a whole I loved the first half of the book but was somewhat disappointed in the sportswriting done by... more info

• Cold weather, hot basketball
  This book gave a very good feel for the state of Alaska and the diverse issues facing native people in remote villages while being very appealing to the sports enthusiast. Mike D'Orso made me feel like I was an active participant and I could feel the visceral energy of the whole cast as the Fort Yukon Eagles fought their way to the finish of the basketball season.

Similar Products: