When Cuba Conquered Kentucky : The Triumphant Basketball Story of a Tiny High School That Achieved the American Dream

by Walker, Marianne

• ISBN13: 9781558537453
• ISBN10: 1558537457
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

When Cuba Conquered Kentucky is a classic underdog tale of a basketball team from a tiny Kentucky high school that in 1952 won the state championship against supposedly stronger teams from much bigger schools.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
We Shouldn't Have Lost	1	(7)
A Grand Homecoming	8	(7)
The Land Between the Rivers	15	(7)
Milking, Mowing, Suckerin' Tobacco, and Playing Ball	22	(7)
Doodle Floyd	29	(11)
Howie Crittenden	40	(9)
Dee-Troit City Blues	49	(6)
Death Startles and Stings	55	(9)
On the Importance of Acting Right	64	(9)
The Greatest Show on Earth---or in Kentucky	73	(7)
Coach Story	80	(8)
Little Cubie	88	(8)
The Dream Begins	96	(7)
Preparing to Win	103	(9)
The Harlem Globetrotters in Cuba	112	(6)
Pride Cometh	118	(9)
Standing Room Only	127	(9)
Skull Sessions	136	(8)
A Pilgrimage	144	(7)
Showtime	151	(6)
Irrepressible and Irresistible	157	(7)
Growing into Lions	164	(9)
Faithful to a Vow	173	(7)
The Comeback Kids	180	(10)
State Champions 1952	190	(8)
Epilogue	198	(11)
Bibliography	209