Playing through the Whistle (2016) SL Price
What do Mike Ditka, Henry Mancini and Darrell Rivas have in
come? Their hometown of Aliquippa
Pennsylvania. Situated west of the Ohio
River very close to the Ohio Border I visited and heard about Aliquippa, Beaver
Falls, Monaca Heights and New Hope throughout my childhood. My grandfather work in J and L Steel on and
off for 50 years. Price does a great job
of describing the community that developed around Jones and Laughlin (J and L)
Steel. He not only follows the rise,
fall, and rise of Aliquippa football but also reviews the labor and race
relations that I remember my grandfather
talking about when we visited. It is a
unique place that seemed to develop tough and unique characters. It is a super
book!
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