The Graves County Boys : A Tale of Kentucky Basketball, Perseverance, and the Unlikely Championship of the Cuba Cubs /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, Marianne, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cuba Cubs (Basketball team)
Cuba Cubs (Basketball team) > History.
School sports.
Basketball.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Sports scolaires > Kentucky > Histoire.
School sports > Kentucky > History.
Basketball > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: Nashville, TN : Rutledge Hill Press, 1999.
Previously titled: When Cuba conquered Kentucky, 1999.
Physical Description:1 online resource (262 pages).
ISBN:9780813144191

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