by Murray Sperber (Indiana University Press).
First
published in 1993, the book is back in print with a new introduction
by the author. Considered by critics to be one of the finest books
of football history, Shake Down the Thunder explores
the reality of such heroic icons as Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy
and Grantland Rice. "The truth only makes the characters and their
times more fascinating," wrote USA Today.
This cultural history of the University and its big-time football
program is at turns painful, moving and exciting. Just like Notre
Dame football games.
