A Hero Perished: The Diary And Selected Letters Of Nile Kinnick
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the intersection of athletic greatness and wartime tragedy stands Nile Kinnick — Heisman Trophy winner, University of Iowa football legend, and Navy pilot who gave his life in 1943 at just twenty-four years old. A Hero Perished: The Diary and Selected Letters of Nile Kinnick, edited by Paul Baender, presents an intimate and remarkably eloquent collection of personal writings that reveal the extraordinary mind behind the celebrated athlete, chronicling his reflections on sport, duty, democracy, and the moral weight of a world at war. What emerges from these pages is a portrait of a young man of uncommon intellectual depth and moral seriousness, whose prose carries the clarity and conviction of someone acutely aware of the stakes of his era. Baender's careful editorial hand ensures that Kinnick's voice remains front and center, unencumbered by hagiography, allowing the writings to speak with full authenticity. Published by the University of Iowa Press, this volume stands as both a tribute to an Iowa icon and a vivid primary document of mid-twentieth-century American idealism — leaving the reader to wonder what this singular voice might have contributed had fate allowed him to survive.
Author: Nile Kinnick
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
At the intersection of athletic greatness and wartime tragedy stands Nile Kinnick — Heisman Trophy winner, University of Iowa football legend, and Navy pilot who gave his life in 1943 at just twenty-four years old. A Hero Perished: The Diary and Selected Letters of Nile Kinnick, edited by Paul Baender, presents an intimate and remarkably eloquent collection of personal writings that reveal the extraordinary mind behind the celebrated athlete, chronicling his reflections on sport, duty, democracy, and the moral weight of a world at war. What emerges from these pages is a portrait of a young man of uncommon intellectual depth and moral seriousness, whose prose carries the clarity and conviction of someone acutely aware of the stakes of his era. Baender's careful editorial hand ensures that Kinnick's voice remains front and center, unencumbered by hagiography, allowing the writings to speak with full authenticity. Published by the University of Iowa Press, this volume stands as both a tribute to an Iowa icon and a vivid primary document of mid-twentieth-century American idealism — leaving the reader to wonder what this singular voice might have contributed had fate allowed him to survive.