In 1899 a small college football team achieved the impossible: They won five games in six days while traveling 2,500 miles by train. During their 12-0 season, the Sewanee Tigers beat the best teams in the South. The story of the 1899 Iron Men has all the hallmarks of fiction; yet, as former Sewanee Vice Chancellor John McCardell has noted, "It's more than lore - it's true." It ranks as one of the greatest achievements in the history of sports.
By Norman Jetmundsen, Jr. | Co-Author Karin Dupree Fecteau
Content includes:
- Coaches and historians, including Nick Saban, Vince Dooley, Kirk Herbstreit and Jon Meacham
- Museum quality original illustrations depicting key plays from the season (also available for sale here)
- Images of original artifacts from the 1899 season such as tickets, newspaper clippings, football photos, equipment, and even an original telegram!
- Links to hear original music created to celebrate the team and Sewanee by famous musician, Bobby Horton
- Detailed retelling of the season years of meticulous research
- Engaging and integrated design by accomplished Southern designer, Karin Dupree Fecteau
High-quality book:
- Hard bound with a dull laminate cover
- Book size: 7.25″ x 9″
- 176 pages full-color pages
- Offset printed on state of the art, sheet fed, Heidelberg press in Atlanta, Georgia
- Interior pages printed on 100# white, coated high quality paper with a satin flood varnish
- Sewn and bound in Nashville, Tennessee