Backyard Brawl: Inside the Blood Feud Between Texas and Texas A & M
by W. K. Stratton
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Author: W. K. StrattonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-03
ISBN: 0609610538
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Crown
Book Reviews of Backyard Brawl: Inside the Blood Feud Between Texas and Texas A & M
Book Review: Great if you're interested in the subject
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is pretty much what is says in the title. It's a historical account of the rivalry between the college American football teams of the University of Texas and Texas A&M. It acheives what is sets out to do and it does it in an interesting and entertaining way, describing all the major events and people involved over the past century or so. The book is long enough to provide a decent description of the highlights, but doesn't go into tedious detailed accounts of games, which is something that I feared might happen. Although the focus of the book is obviously the football, there is a lot of interesting background material and stories about the two universities and the cities in which they are located, as well as Texas in general.
I feel that I should warn you that this is a pretty specialised subject for a UK audience. I am British and live in the UK, but I have family connections to both universities, I spend a lot of time in Texas and I used to play and coach American football in the UK, so I found the book really interesting. However, if you're not interested in the sport and don't have any real knowledge of the Texan culture, then this book is probably going to be of limited interest. That said, if you still think you might like to read it, I would recommend it.
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