{"product_id":"our-boys-a-perfect-season-on-the-plains-with-the-smith-center-redmen","title":"Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen","description":"The football team in Smith Center, Kansas, holders of the nation's longest high-school winning streak, embrace a philosophy of life taught by their legendary coach, Roger Barta: \"Respect each other, then learn to love each other and together we are champions.\"\nBut as the Redmen embarked on a quest for a fifth consecutive state title, they faced a potentially destabilizing transition: the greatest senior class in school history had graduated, and Coach Barta was contemplating retirement. In Smith Center―population: 1,931―this changing of the guard was seismic. Hours removed from the nearest city, the town revolves around \"our boys\" in a way that goes to the heart of what America's heartland is today.\nNew York Times sportswriter Joe Drape moved his family to Smith Center to discover what makes the team and the town an inspiration for miles around. And in a new afterword, Drape returns to Smith Center to chronicle even greater challenges as the streak enters its sixth year.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312662637\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0312662637.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Drape, Joe\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336986099773,"sku":"BVV.0312662637.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0312662637-0.jpg?v=1783815246","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/our-boys-a-perfect-season-on-the-plains-with-the-smith-center-redmen","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}