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The Graves County boys : a tale of Kentucky basketball, perseverance, and the unlikely championship of the Cuba Cubs /
In 1952, just one year after Coach Adolph Rupp's University of Kentucky Wildcats won their third national championship in four years, an unlikely high school basketball team from rural Graves County, Kentucky, stole the spotlight and the media's attention. Inspired by young coach Jack Stor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, KY :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1952, just one year after Coach Adolph Rupp's University of Kentucky Wildcats won their third national championship in four years, an unlikely high school basketball team from rural Graves County, Kentucky, stole the spotlight and the media's attention. Inspired by young coach Jack Story and by the Harlem Globetrotters, the Cuba Cubs grabbed headlines when they rose from relative obscurity to defeat the big-city favorite and win the state championship. A classic underdog tale, this book chronicles how five boys from a tiny high school in southwestern Kentucky captured the hearts. |
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| Notas: | Previously titled: When Cuba conquered Kentucky, 1999. Originally published: Nashville, TN : Rutledge Hill Press, 1999. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813144191 0813144191 1299963579 9781299963573 |