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Against All Odds*: The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest
Against All Odds*: The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest
Against All Odds*: The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest
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Wake Forest was the first major college in what had been the Confederate States of America to integrate college football, offering grants-in-aid to Bob Grant, Kenneth Henry, and William Smith.
Too few know.It is a story too rarely told. Within Against All Odds -The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest, you will learn the full story - the tribulations and the triumphs, the courage of Wake Forest and the individuals who changed the face of sport and history in the South.
Throughout its history, Wake Forest, the smallest school in the ACC, has competed and defeated the behemoths of the conference and the nation.That, too, is a story too rarely told. Year after year, sports “gurus” predict Wake will finish at the bottom of the conference. Year after year, Wake “upsets” the “experts” predictions, leaving them bewildered, asking, “How did that happen?” Why are the “experts” so often wrong about Wake Forest? Most of what is and has been written about Wake Forest is written with an underlying assumption - a bias, if you will - that Wake is an “underdog,” unable to compete effectively within the ACC. Why, throughout its history, has Wake overcome all odds, confounding the “experts” with “upset” after “upset?” Within Against All Odds, you’ll find the answer: The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherCameron Yow
Release dateJan 3, 2017
ISBN9781370959563
Against All Odds*: The Indomitable Spirit of Wake Forest
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Cameron Yow

Cameron Yow is a 1968 graduate of Wake Forest University. When he was a younger man, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. described his critique of Vonnegut’s as then published work as "a work of art." His flash fiction “Dawn, Again” appeared in the Vestal Review in February, 2014. His misanthropic parody “The Workplace” appeared in the December, 2014 issue of Maudlin House. His humor essay “Class Reunion Rules” was named a semi-finalist by the Mark Twain House and Museum. Cameron’s short story “Twenty Second Intervals” has appeared in Epifiction as a model of creative writing for high school students. To honor his fiancèe who passed away unexpectedly in December, 2014, he wrote Just One More Day, A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted, A Love Unrequited. Cameron can be contacted at cameron.yow@gmail.com.

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