Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing

by Wil Haygood

Book Overview

Against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in recent American history, as riots and demonstrations spread across the nation, the Tigers of poor, segregated East High School in Columbus, Ohio did something no team from one school had ever done before: they won the state basketball and baseball championships in the same year. They defeated bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state and along the way brought blacks and whites together,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524731862
• ISBN13: 9781524731861
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"