Hometown Legend

By Jerry B. Jenkins

Book Overview

Athens City, Alabama, is a town that lost its heart the day the high school football team lost the state championship and suffered a tragedy. The town that once enjoyed superstar status has fallen on hard times. Now, years later, the former coach returns to head up one final season aided by a local who tells the story with a fresh voice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446529028
• ISBN13: 9780446529020
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Warner Faith
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

Heartwarming

I do not understand why this book did not get more attention. It's far better than the Left Behind series--more touching, more personal. I bought this book after seeing the movie (also great), and it's simply fantastic. I am very critical, and am not even much of a fan of stuff called "Christian fiction," but this is so much more than that, and I was completely blown away.Buy this book!

Coaching and discipline builds character

Read this book and see what coaches can do for a community. This book is a great story about adversity, compassion, joy and discipline. It will make you laugh and cry. If you love highschool football the book reads real fast. Can't wait to see the movie about it.

A Great Book

I have read all of the left behind books so I had an idea of Jerry Jenkins writing syle. What I found in this book was much more then I expected. The story starts out by telling the reader how Cal Sawyer (Once one of the best wide receivers in the state) came to his current position as owner of American Leather in a small town - Athens, Alabama. Cal's old high school football coach encounters a great tragedy in his life, quits coaching, and moves to Kansas. Twelve years later the town is falling apart. The school has a year left before it will close down and needs a football coach for the last season, and American Leather has laid off hundreds of employees and may shut down.This is when Cal gets the phone call from his ex coach Buster and meets him to talk about some things. Busters' wife has become an alcoholic since the incident twelve years ago and is now in a local rehab center. Buster needs a job and thought Cal could help him out. Cal brings up the situation with the school and after some talking they decide to coach the team in its final season.As the season unravels, many situations unfold in everyones personal life which makes this book such a heartwarming story. I read the book from cover to cover, I didn't put it down until I was done reading it. Do yourself a favor and read it!!!

A Can't-Put-Down Book

After having read the first two books in the "Left Behind" series, I was pretty sure I knew what to expect from "Hometown Legend" - a book that incorporates fiction with strong theology.I quickly found, however, that this book was quite different from "Left Behind". Hometown Legend solidly grabbed my interest in the first ten pages, and I couldn't put it down until I was done four hours later. In fact, this is the first book I ever read twice in a row.I am a football fan, and I could relate to the football story, but this book is so much more. It tells the story of a horrible tragedy that just about destroys a small Alabama town, and of a man's last chance to both save the town and reclaim his spirit of life that was almost destroyed years earlier. There are many subplots in this book that come together in an amazing way.The book is a picture of a southern town that places a strong emphasis on the Christian faith, but it is not "preachy". It simply tells a story through the eyes of a man who has faith in a God that can see him (and his town) through any troubles.By all means, read this book and you will be enriched by this story of love for football, love of living, and love of God.

Hometown Legend Rocks!

I fell in love with this book! While it's an easy read, the book gives us an excellent profile of rural America. The story has all the elements that will touch your heart. It'll make you laugh, cry and cheer. I loved the characters, especially Buster Schuler. Some of his lines had me laughing out loud. All I can say is Jerry B. Jenkins, you are without a doubt.