Thunder on the Tundra : Football above the Arctic Circle

by Freedman, Lew

• ISBN13: 9780882407425
• ISBN10: 0882407422
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

No one thought Barrow, Alaska, would be the ideal place for football. Eight hundred miles north of Anchorage, in a part of the country where grass won't grow and snow falls in July, Barrow is a town more likely to field a bowhead whale hunt than a football team.

Author Biography

Lew Freedman is a Chicago-based sportswriter who lived in Alaska for seventeen years

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 5
Introduction	p. 7
August Two-a-Days	p. 11
This Is Barrow	p. 21
Beginnings	p. 34
Practice Makes Perfect	p. 43
Are You Ready for Some Football?	p. 53
Football on the Last Frontier	p. 66
Field of Dreams	p. 80
Do You Believe in Miracles?	p. 88
Bad Old Days	p. 99
It's a Girl	p. 107
Wild Life	p. 117
Monroe Catholic	p. 127
The Whalers	p. 142
Seasons	p. 152
Getting Ready	p. 162
The Ravens Are Ravenous	p. 170
Road Trip	p. 177
Everyone Knows the Whalers	p. 184
Houston Hospitality	p. 191
Home on the Tundra Again	p. 200
Making It All Work	p. 208
Delta Force	p. 216
The Pipeline Bowl	p. 226
Pivotal Moment	p. 234
The Longest and Last Road Trip	p. 244
End Game	p. 251
Barrow High School Football Roster 2007	p. 260
About the Author	p. 263
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