[.ca] Junction Boys (ISBN 031226755X)

From Amazon.com:
When Bear Bryant took over the Texas A & M football program in 1954, he inherited a team that had lost its last five games by a combined score of 133-41. That season more than 100 Aggie hopefuls arrived in the small town of Junction for the first practice of a now legendary training camp. The sun bore down. The drills escalated. Trainers doled out water like gold, and meals and accommodations were horribly spartan. Ten hellish days later, only 34 remained to form the 1954 team that would only win one game, but those survivors--and that's what they were--formed the nucleus of the squad that would go undefeated just two years later. This is the story of that team, that coach, the 10 days that shook their world, and the seasons they played together. "We lost alot (sic) of games," recalls Gene Stallings, who endured those days as a player and eventually followed Bryant as head coach both at A & M and Alabama, "but Coach Bryant knew what he was doing. Out of the yellow dust and the broiling heat of Junction, he forged a team of champions." Jim Dent's evocative recounting is so real and immediate you'll feel your throat getting scratchy as you read. You'll also feel remarkable respect for the players who toughed it out--and for Bryant, who begins as a man possessed, but, day after day, as he breaks the backs of some and helps instill true grit in others, transforms into a human being. --Jeff Silverman

Wishing The Author Well:
Jim Dent has become a guest of the State of Texas for the next eight years. Let's all wish him a rapid recovery, a generous parole board, and perhaps a new book emerging from the experience.

The Junction Boys is a GREAT book!:
I loved every page of this book. I couldn't put it down; I couldn't wait to get home from school and read it. I learned so much about Texas A & M and Bear Bryant from this book. I definatley reccomend this book to any football fan that enjoys reading. Jim Dent really scored a touchdown with this book!

The Junction Boys is a GREAT book!:
I loved every page of this book. I couldn't put it down; I couldn't wait to get home from school and read it. I learned so much about Texas A & M and Bear Bryant from this book. I definatley reccomend this book to any football fan that enjoys reading. Jim Dent really scored a touchdown with this book!

Ok, but not really my style:
The Junction Boys is the story of Coach Paul Brayant, and his first years at Texas A & M, and the ten hard days at Camp Junction that he put his new team through. The coach drove most of the players to quick doing camp, less than half that made the trip to Junction remained. I read the book to learn more about Coach Brayant, the only thing I really knew about him was that at one time he had the most wins of any college football coach. My thing is that I don't really like autobiographies written in the novel form, so I'll have to read another book on the coach to learn more about him, I think I would like the movie version of this book better, but it was ok.

OK...:
I thought that this book was better than the movie. I saw the movie and was very disappointed. If you guys want a good SEC Book try "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football". I liked it. Junction Boys is okay, I just thought it would be much better.