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Paperback. Zustand: Good. When it comes to college football, there are fans and there are fanatics. Destined by geography and family tradition to latch onto the Arkansas Razorbacks, Blant Hurt is of the second type. Like most devotees, he was captivated by his love of his team at an early age; but unlike more casual fans, Hurt found himself attaching what some might call "outsize life importance" to the fortunes of the Razorbacks (a team which, as things turned out, seldom failed to disappoint). In this remarkably candid, funny, and introspective memoir, Blant Hurt recounts his half-century as the most zealous of college football fans. Beginning with the so-called Game of the Century when he was nine-years old, he tells how this enduring passion has colored his relationships with his family and friends, shaped his romances, and, for better or worse, marked every era of his life-indeed, marked his sense of life itself. A self-described "literary man," Hurt draws on his love of narrative and storytelling to drill down deep inside himself and examine the soul of a college football fanatic. Not The Seasons I Expected is that rare "sports" book that focuses on the hopes and dreams of the people in the bleachers, rather than the ones on the playing field. As such, it's sure to speak to delirious/heartbroken fans everywhere.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. When it comes to college football, there are fans and there are fanatics. Destined by geography and family tradition to latch onto the Arkansas Razorbacks, Blant Hurt is of the second type. Like most devotees, he was captivated by his love of his team at an early age; but unlike more casual fans, Hurt found himself attaching what some might call "outsize life importance" to the fortunes of the Razorbacks (a team which, as things turned out, seldom failed to disappoint). In this remarkably candid, funny, and introspective memoir, Blant Hurt recounts his half-century as the most zealous of college football fans. Beginning with the so-called Game of the Century when he was nine-years old, he tells how this enduring passion has colored his relationships with his family and friends, shaped his romances, and, for better or worse, marked every era of his life-indeed, marked his sense of life itself. A self-described "literary man," Hurt draws on his love of narrative and storytelling to drill down deep inside himself and examine the soul of a college football fanatic. Not The Seasons I Expected is that rare "sports" book that focuses on the hopes and dreams of the people in the bleachers, rather than the ones on the playing field. As such, it's sure to speak to delirious/heartbroken fans everywhere. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 268 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.67 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 278 pages. 6.00x0.75x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this witty, wise, heart-warming memoir, Blant Hurt, a fiftysomething flatlander with urban sensibilities, buys a ratty weekend cabin up in the dark heart of the Ozark Mountains. His new wife has a passing familiarity with this rugged area, but still What are they doing Their cabin is crudely built and lacks running water and electricity. Then there's the local land baron who aspires to build a giant sand mine on their doorstep. Aided by their deep-souled 'true Ozarker' neighbor, they slowly peel back the layers of what is basically a closed society up in the wilds of Izard County, Arkansas. They attend a one-room church with its oddball Yankee preacher, take on a magical stray dog that serves as his ever-eager hiking companion, brush against the local arts and crafts gentry (alas, neither he nor his wife has any craft-worthy skills, save her fondness for spray-painting), and even join a group of doomsday preppers.Through it all, they come to relish their new lives in this little lost corner of the world. Eventually, owing to the ruin of the local land baron, they scheme to amass more property to pass on to their heirs as a so-called one hundred year legacy, if only they, like so many other dreamers up in the Ozarks, can pull it off.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnIn this witty, wise, heart-warming memoir, Blant Hurt, a fiftysomething flatlander with urban sensibilities, buys a ratty weekend cabin up in the dark heart of the Ozark Mountains. His new wife has a passing familiarity with this .

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