ISBN 9780739329115 | 0739329111 Textbooks - "Standing Tall A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph" by Tucker C Vivian Stringer Laura Tucker Laura Stringer Vivian C Vivian Stringer C Vivian Stringer Laura Tucker

Authors: Tucker - C. Vivian Stringer - Laura Tucker - Laura; Stringer - Vivian; C. Vivian Stringer …
ISBN 10: 0739329111
ISBN 13: 9780739329115
Edition: Abridged
Release: March 4, 2008
Format: Audio CD
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“Work hard, and don’t look for excuses,” C. Vivian Stringer’s parents told her, “and you can achieve anything.” But her faith and perseverance would be tested many times. A gifted athlete, she had to fight for a place on an all-white cheerleading squad in the sixties. In 1981, just as her coaching career was taking off, her fourteen-month-old daughter, Nina, was stricken with spinal meningitis. Nina would never walk or talk again. Still grieving, Stringer brought a small, poor, historically black college to the national championships–a triumph hailed as “Hoosiers with an all-female cast.” In 1991, her husband, Bill fell dead of a sudden heart attack, but that same year, she led yet another young team to the Final Four. Through these dark times and others, Stringer has carried her burdens with grace. Given her history, it was no surprise that she led her team to respond to Don Imus’s slurs with dignity and courage.Standing Tall is a story of quiet strength in the face of punishing odds. Above all, it is an extraordinary love story–love for the game, for the players she has coached, for her close-knit family, and for the husband she lost far too soon.

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