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cpt_tusktooth's review
2.0
Often insightful, but overall dry, this look into the integration of the NFL's Washington Redskins left me wanting more. Smith's descriptions of the history of the team and its bigoted owner George Preston Marshall are comprehensive. However, when the book reaches the point where the team is integrated, the author relies on secondary documents to tell the story. In so doing, much of the emotion of the event is lost. This is a shame because the book does a wonderful job of juxtaposing the racial discord with the democratic society of the early 20th century. I found the subject matter compelling, as I do with all football history, but was left a bit empty handed.
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