The Real All Americans, Sally Jenkins
The Real All Americans, Sally Jenkins
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The Real All Americans
The Team that Changed a Game, a People, A Nation

Author: Sally Jenkins

Narrator: Don Leslie

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/08/2007


Synopsis

If you’d guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the college gridiron in 1911 and 1912, you’d be wrong. The most popular team belonged to an institution called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Its story begins with Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt, a fierce abolitionist who believed that Native Americans deserved a place in American society. In 1879, Pratt made a treacherous journey to the Dakota Territory to recruit Carlisle’s first students.

Years later, three students approached Pratt with the notion of forming a football team. Pratt liked the idea, and in less than twenty years the Carlisle football team was defeating their Ivy League opponents and in the process changing the way the game was played.

THE REAL ALL AMERICANS is about the end of a culture and the birth of a game that has thrilled Americans for generations. It is an inspiring reminder of the extraordinary things that can be achieved when we set aside our differences and embrace a common purpose.

About The Author

Sally Jenkins is an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and the author of eight books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her work has been featured in GQ and Sports Illustrated, and she has acted as a correspondent on CNBC, as well as on NPR's All Things Considered. She lives in New York City.Don Leslie has enjoyed a wonderful voiceover, stage, television, and film career. He has appeared on Broadway in The Dresser and Rose. He’s worked at such regional theaters as Buffalo Studio Arena, Hartford Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, and several others. He’s appeared in over 20 films and as many television episodics. His recent audiobook narrations for BOT include The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins, The Man Who Owns the News by Michael Wolffe, and The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by C on July 21, 2022

This is absolutely one of the best sports history books I’ve ever read. Sally Jenkins tells the full history of the Carlisle Indian football team, truly an amazing part of football history. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was opened by Lt. Col. Richard Henry Pratt in 1879. Pratt had been the Su......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 02, 2019

Gripping tale of the Carlisle Indian School, the early years of football and the greatest athlete of all time, Jim Thorpe.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on November 26, 2023

[9.0/10] The Real All Americans is a fascinating story about America’s government-run “Indian schools”, and about the early days of college football. Sally Jenkins finds the interesting places where the two intersect, where the Carlisle Indians became one of the original disruptors of college footba......more


Quotes

“Spectacular . . . I could barely put it down.”
—Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL

A fascinating historical account and an implicit commentary on modern sports.” —Wall Street Journal

“[The Real All Americans] does a marvelous job of making a direct and intimate connection between our beloved, modern game and the unlikely team that, a century ago, helped make it what it is today.” —Newsweek