Glory Road (1963) is a fantasy novel by Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized. Fiction (July - September 1963) and published as a book later the same year.

One trilogy concerns itself about the Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox.The other trilogy is about One trilogy concerns itself about the Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox.The other trilogy is about the whole war: The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat.He also finished one on U.S.

Grant: Captain Sam Grant (by Lloyd Lewis), Grant Moves South, and Grant Takes Command (these two by Catton). Across the open field, shaken by the blast of many guns, there rose the high unearthly keen of the Rebel yell. A Federal surgeon wrote after the war, 'I have never, since I was born, heard so fearful a noise as a Rebel yell. It is nothing like a hurrah, but rather a regular wildcat screech.' Another veteran recalled, 'There is nothing like it this side of the infernal region, and the peculiar corkscrew sensation that it sends down your backbone under these circumstances can never be told.' Across the open field, shaken by the blast of many guns, there rose the high unearthly keen of the Rebel yell.

A Federal surgeon wrote after the war, 'I have never, since I was born, heard so fearful a noise as a Rebel yell. It is nothing like a hurrah, but rather a regular wildcat screech.' Another veteran recalled, 'There is nothing like it this side of the infernal region, and the peculiar corkscrew sensation that it sends down your backbone under these circumstances can never be told.' The second part to Bruce Catton's outstanding trilogy, covering the period from the autumn of 1862 to the battle of Gettysburg in July of '63.To give an idea of the Catton's moving style, I will simply offer an extended quote.

This is from chapter 3, 'White Road in the Moonlight', at its very end, describing Colonel Strong Vincent leading a brigade of the V Corps up into Pennsylvania to reinforce Buford at Gettysburg. This was on June 30, the night before the full moon of July 1.There was a.

The true story of the Texas Western University Miners (now called the University of Texas at El Paso) who defied all odds in 1966 by being the first NCAA basketball team to start five African-American players (led by Derek Luke of 'Antwone Fisher' and Mehchad Brooks of 'Desperate Housewives' fame) and ultimately winning the national championship. New coach Don Haskins (played superbly by Josh Lucas, one of the most under-rated actors in film right now) has trouble recruiting when he first arrives, but finds players in places like Detroit and Brooklyn. In the civil rights torn south though, getting African-American ball players was highly controversial and even potentially dangerous. It ends up being fitting that the team would meet up with Adolph Rupp (impressive transformation as usual for Jon Voight) and his University of Kentucky Wildcats for the championship that year as UK was one of the last major colleges to integrate its basketball team. Socially important story and highly educational for youngsters who may not be familiar with the importance of this stage in contemporary U.S. And sports history. Great sequences and styles in the tradition of sports classics like 'Hoosiers', 'Remember the Titans' and 'Friday Night Lights'.

5 stars out of 5.