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Jim Dent, author of the bestselling Junction Boys and many other classic sports...

Jim Dent, author of the bestselling Junction Boys and many other classic sports book, had a conversation with me for Amazon's newsletter.


Soldiers First: Duty, Honor, Country, and Football at West Point
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Bestselling author Joe Drape reveals the unique pressures and expectations that make a year of Army football so much more than just a tally of wins and losses. The football team at the U.S. Military Academy is not like other college football teams. At other schools, athletes are c...

Soldiers First is officially on sale today. I had a nice conversation with Gov....

Soldiers First is officially on sale today. I had a nice conversation with Gov. Mike Huckabee on the radio. This will tell you the book's origins and some anecdotes.


MikeHuckabee: .@joedrape on his book "Soldiers First: Duty, Honor, Country & Football at West Point"
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MikeHuckabee: .@joedrape on his book

Soldier who lost limbs fulfills promise: to stand, greet ...

Soldier who lost limbs fulfills promise: to stand, greet his combat unit
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With prosthetic legs and artificial arms, Staff Sgt. Travis Mills welcomed soldiers home from Afghanistan.

Interview with Gov. Mike Huckabee about "Soldiers First" today. I'm doing it li...

Interview with Gov. Mike Huckabee about "Soldiers First" today. I'm doing it live at 2:15 p.m. Check here for when it airs locally.


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Wall PhotosOnly three months after losing all 4 limbs in ...

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Only three months after losing all 4 limbs in an IED blast in Afghanistan, Taylor Morris stands proud at the National Mall downtown Washington DC. LIKE and SHARE to show him your love and support!!!!

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Wall PhotosCongratulations to @[65081767941:274:Mike "Coa...

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Congratulations to @[65081767941:274:Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski] (West Point class of 1969) for leading the USA basketball team to gold in London!

The Prophet by Michael Koryta is an excellent thriller set around High School Fo...

The Prophet by Michael Koryta is an excellent thriller set around High School Football. We've never met, but he was nice enough to put Soldiers First & Our Boys on his recommended reading list. He just hit the bestseller list. Congrats!


Reading Recommendations from Michael Koryta
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A few suggestions: 1) Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 2) Faces in the Crowd, ebook by Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King 3) When She Was Good, by Laura Lippmann 4) Five Skies, by Ron Carlson 5) Our Boys, and...

LITERARY CORNERIf perusing The Dash does not fill your recommended weekly footb...

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If perusing The Dash does not fill your recommended weekly football reading requirement, there are quality alternatives in the book world. The Dash is happy to recommend "Soldiers First: Duty, Honor, Country, and Football at West Point." The author is New York Times writer and F.O.D. Joe Drape (38). Drape normally provides some of the finest thoroughbred racing coverage on the planet, but he’s been known to moonlight as a fine football writer. His acclaimed book, "Our Boys," profiled a juggernaut small-town high school program in Kansas. In his current work on Army, Drape might have found the only group of football players more laudable than the Smith Center Redmen.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--forde-yard-dash--a-breathless-sprint-to-start-the-2012-college-football-season.html


- Yahoo! Sports
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From Yahoo! Sports:

In reporting this story, Drape had “unfettered access to the Academy.” He’s retu...

In reporting this story, Drape had “unfettered access to the Academy.” He’s returned from the banks of the Hudson with a sports book that has far more to do with character, intellect and sacrifice than it has to do with football. KIRKUS REVIEWS


SOLDIERS FIRST
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Read the Kirkus Review of SOLDIERS FIRST Duty, Honor, Country, and Football at West Point. A New York Times sportswriter chronicles the 2011 edition of the Black Knights football team.

In reporting this story, Drape had “unfettered access to the Academy.” He’s retu...

In reporting this story, Drape had “unfettered access to the Academy.” He’s returned from the banks of the Hudson with a sports book that has far more to do with character, intellect and sacrifice than it has to do with football. KIRKUS REVIEWS


SOLDIERS FIRST
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Read the Kirkus Review of SOLDIERS FIRST Duty, Honor, Country, and Football at West Point. A New York Times sportswriter chronicles the 2011 edition of the Black Knights football team.