Available is a SIGNED 1st ed/1st prtg, w/ complete numberline to "1", of MY LOSING SEASON by the late PAT CONROY. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? Nothing'll ever get between this band of brothers." Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a metaphor for a man whose spirit could never be defeated. First let me say that I am a huge Pat Conroy fan. "I'm a half inch taller than you, duck butt." The Death of Santini. Donald Conroy-Wikipedia Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. Right off, I could tell our sophomores were special and were going to make our team faster, scrappier, and better than the year before. It was the powerful eau de cologne of the locker room. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? All good. And in his trademark language, we see the young Conroy walk from his life as an athlete to the writer the world knows him to be. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. A recommendation - look on-line for a letter that Conroy wrote about his feelings about Bill Clinton and how his roll as a member of the Honor Board at the Citadel have molded his life. AmazonUIPageJS : P).load.js('https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/01LYWo8wpcL._RC|01Z0tKggInL.js,31Pyg0+XVjL.js,31gw8TiisXL.js,31W5oNdM8cL.js,31HBLpjaSbL.js,51el0hRnQIL.js,01Gk5pNSG6L.js,51wSNTVJ+AL.js,41e7molJR0L.js_.js?AUIClients/DetailPageMobileWebCriticalFeatureAsset&TogY7lmt#mobile.us.179464-C.295790-T1.305236-T1.321884-T1.123392-T1.184660-C.333174-T1'); . Danny Mohr finished lacing his shoes and said, "I like Little Mel. My Losing Season was a delightful coming-of-age memoir by the late Pat Conroy, an author close to my heart. Let's win it all this year. Overall. });   (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? In the middle of the figure eight drill, I got to study the sophomores up close for the first time. The 1966-67 season will again find the Bulldogs in a year of rebuilding. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966–67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Jim Halpin sat to my right, struggling to put on the grotesque knee brace which supported his ruined leg. But with Conroy’s death, we are deeply cut; no one can fill his shoes, so we must be content with the body of work he left us. Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016. 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