Tropic of football : the long and perilous journey of Samoans to the NFL / Rob Ruck.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : New Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1620973375
- 9781620973370
- 796.332092 23
- GV939.A1 R83 2018
Contents:
1. God's sweetest work -- 2. The war and America come to Samoa -- 3. Hawaiʻi : the North shore -- 4. Al Lolotai, Charlie Ane, and Bob Apisa -- 5. American Samoa in the 1960s -- 6. Jesse Sapolu, Dick Tomey, and Faʻa Samoa -- 7. Faʻa Kalifonia : Oceanside, California -- 8. Kalifonia dreaming -- 9. Back in Hawaiʻi : where football still matters -- 10. David and Goliath -- 11. The Samoan paradox..
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 796.332092 RUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A527679B | ||
| Book | South Campus South Campus Main Collection | 796.332092 RUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A527675B |
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| 796.0993 RYA Sport and the New Zealanders : a history / | 796.1580993 MAN Ngā manu tukutuku. | 796.324 TUT The beginner's guide to netball / | 796.332092 RUC Tropic of football : the long and perilous journey of Samoans to the NFL / | 796.333 CRU The beginner's guide to rugby / | 796.333 MCK Rugby skills, tactics & rules / | 796.333 POO Complete conditioning for rugby / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. God's sweetest work -- 2. The war and America come to Samoa -- 3. Hawaiʻi : the North shore -- 4. Al Lolotai, Charlie Ane, and Bob Apisa -- 5. American Samoa in the 1960s -- 6. Jesse Sapolu, Dick Tomey, and Faʻa Samoa -- 7. Faʻa Kalifonia : Oceanside, California -- 8. Kalifonia dreaming -- 9. Back in Hawaiʻi : where football still matters -- 10. David and Goliath -- 11. The Samoan paradox..
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