Jere Longman: 5 books

Book cover of The Girls Of Summer

The Girls Of Summer

The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World

by Jere Longman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

Now with a new afterword, The Girls of Summer, by the award- winning New York Times sportswriter Jere Longman, takes a serious, compelling look at the women who won the 1999 World Cup and brings to life the skills and victories of the American team. Longman explores the issues this unprecedented achievement...
Book cover of If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?

If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer?

Philadelphia, Its Faithful, and the Eternal Quest for Sports Salvation

by Jere Longman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

The last time a Philadelphia professional sports team won a championship, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Return of the Jedi was number one at the box office. No city with all four major sports has gone longer without one. The local NFL franchise, the Eagles, has not won a title since 1960,...
Book cover of Not Without Hope
by Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010

Not Without Hope is the true story of the headline-making tragedy that took the lives of three football players: NFL stars Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley from the University of South Florida. Told by the sole survivor of the ill-fated fishing trip, Nick Schuyler, with New York Times...
Book cover of The Hurricanes

The Hurricanes

One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina

by Jere Longman
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina pummeled the lower end of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, a peninsula housing one of the nation's most isolated, vulnerable, and vital counties. A year later several ravaged communities came together to form South Plaquemines High. Kids who were former rivals defiantly...
Book cover of Among the Heroes

Among the Heroes

United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back

by Jere Longman
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010

Of the four horrific hijackings on September 11, Flight 93 resonates as one of epic resistance.At a time when the United States appeared defenseless against an unfamiliar foe, the gallant passengers and crew of Flight 93 provided for many Americans a measure of victory in the midst of unthinkable...
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