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Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment
By MCCLAFFERTY, Carla Killough
- ISBN
- 978-1-4677-1067-1 978-1-4677-1665-9
- Publisher
- Carolrhoda
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2013 | Nonfiction
Gr 5 Up—With both historical research and in-depth analysis of modern scientific studies, McClafferty has written an essential book concerning the hidden dangers of concussions in football. What starts out as a history of the early years of the game succinctly transitions into the modern dangers of America's most popular sport. Deftly placed, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2013
More than eight million American high school students play sports, but at what price? McClafferty focuses on football to discuss the serious and historically trivialized condition of concussion. Starting with football's beginnings in the late 1800s as a rugby spinoff, McClafferty details the game's early casualties (in 1909 twenty-eight football players died of head injuries); the controversy over its growing presence as a college sport; and how it survived challenges to become "firmly en...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
