The Mascot

Author : Mark Kurzem
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670018260
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mascot written by Mark Kurzem and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survival story, a grim fairy-tale, and a psychological drama, this memoir asks provocative questions about identity, complicity, and forgiveness. When a Nazi death squad raided his Latvian village, Jewish five-year-old Alex escaped. After surviving thew

Author : Mark Kurzem
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448176387
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mascot written by Mark Kurzem and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part thriller, part psychological drama, part puzzle with a strange twist, The Mascot is one of the most astonishing stories to emerge from the Second World War. It tells the remarkable true story of how Alex Kurzem unravelled the shocking secrets of his wartime past. With the support of Mark, his son, Alex began to recall how he evaded the German-led execution squad that decimated his village, but witnessed the murder of his Jewish mother and siblings. He scavenged amongst the trees and protected himself from wolves, before falling into the hands of a Latvian police battalion. The soldiers adopted him as their mascot and Alex accompanied the unit everywhere as it changed its identity and duties to those of an SS unit on the rampage. He even appeared in Nazi propaganda films and newspaper articles, riding into Riga in a military parade... yet he was Jewish. At the age of five, was Alex Kurzem a collaborator or just a lost little boy? Caught up in a world of war-crime hunters, former war criminals and security agents with unclear agendas, he has since been threatened by many who believe he has betrayed them.

Author : Antony John
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062835645
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mascot written by Antony John and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This witty, heartfelt story about perseverance in the face of adversity is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio, Cammie McGovern, and John David Anderson. Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he’s helpless now. He’s sick of going to physical therapy, where he isn’t making any progress. He’s tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball—but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. Noah is scared he’ll never feel like his old self again. He doesn’t want people to think of him as different for the rest of his life. With the help of family and friends, he’ll have to throw off the mask he’s been hiding behind and face the fears that have kept him on the sidelines if he ever wants to move forward.

Author : Thomas J. Mattingly
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572339756
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smokey written by Thomas J. Mattingly and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The band blares “Rocky Top” and the crowd roars as the University of Tennessee football team storms out of the tunnel and onto the field through the giant “T,” their beloved mascot Smokey leading the way. The iconic Bluetick Coonhound has been part of the pageantry and tradition at the University of Tennessee since 1953, delighting fans both young and old. For this entertaining and enlightening book, UT sports historian Thomas J. Mattingly has teamed up with longtime Smokey owner Earl C. Hudson to tell the stories of the nine hounds that have been top dog on campus for more than half a century. It was the Rev. Bill Brooks, Hudson’s brother-in-law, whose prize-winning dog “Brooks’ Blue Smokey,” became the first mascot by winning a student body-led contest at a home football game in 1953. The Coonhound breed was selected because it was native to the state, and several (no one remembers exactly how many) were brought onto the field at halftime to compete. But Smokey stole the show when he threw back his head and howled. The crowd cheered, and Smokey howled again. The raucous applause and barking built to a frenzy. The enthusiastic hound won the hearts of the Volunteer faithful that day, and he and the dogs that followed have remained among the University of Tennessee’s most popular symbols ever since. The authors have interviewed Smokey’s former handlers, university archivists, sports journalists, and local historians as well as legions of longtime fans. Their recollections provide not only the background of the mascot but a history of UT athletics as well. Vol fans will enjoy reading about Smokey’s adventures throughout the years, from his kidnapping in 1955 by mischievous Kentucky students to his confrontation with the Baylor Bear at the 1957 Sugar Bowl to the time he suffered heat exhaustion at the 1991 UCLA game and was listed on the Vols’ injury report until his return later in the season. Filled with photographs and memorabilia, including vintage game programs, football schedules, letters, cartoons, and more, this book brings to life the magic of UT football and the endearing canines that have become such an indispensable part of the experience. THOMAS J. MATTINGLY is the author of Tennessee Football: The Peyton Manning Years, The University of Tennessee Football Vault: The Story of the Tennessee Volunteers, 1891-2006, The University of Tennessee All-Access Football Vault and The University of Tennessee Trivia Book. He writes about Vol history on his Knoxville News Sentinel blog, “The Vol Historian.” EARL C. HUDSON’s family have cared for the Smokeys since 1994.

Author : Andrew C. Billings
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252050843
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mascot Nation written by Andrew C. Billings and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions. Which voices get a hearing in an argument? What meanings do we ascribe to mascots? Who do these Indians and warriors really represent? Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond the media bluster to reassess the mascot controversy. Their multi-dimensional study delves into the textual, visual, and ritualistic and performative aspects of sports mascots. Their original research, meanwhile, surveys sports fans themselves on their thoughts when a specific mascot faces censure. The result is a book that merges critical-cultural analysis with qualitative data to offer an innovative approach to understanding the camps and fault lines on each side of the issue, the stakes in mascot debates, whether common ground can exist and, if so, how we might find it.

Author : Peter David
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061957380
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mascot to the Rescue! written by Peter David and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Holy page-turner! ” — Kirkus Reviews

Author : Nick Patton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985108014
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norby the College Mascot written by Nick Patton and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The St. Norbert mascot discovers what it is like to be a student professor and president of the college.

Author : Elizabeth Villiers
Publisher : Health Research Books
ISBN 13 : 9780787309084
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mascot Book written by Elizabeth Villiers and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mascot Book treats its subject in a manner which has not been touched before. Information so hidden away that it literally had to be dug out from amidst an enormous amount of other material. Your fascination of the subject will grow the further you.

Author : Alynas Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631770869
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are You My Mascot? written by Alynas Jones and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edmond Audran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mascot (La Mascotte) written by Edmond Audran and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: