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Narrado por:
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Joe Mantegna
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Joe Posnanski
From America’s premier sportswriter, the definitive, #1 New York Times bestselling biography of Joe Paterno and the story of America’s love affair with football.
Joe Paterno believed that football was a way to teach young men how to live. He coached at Penn State for 62 years. In the course of his years as a head coach, his teams won 409 games, a Division I record. At the end of his life, more than 100 of those wins were invalidated by the NCAA because of the crimes of a longtime assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, and Paterno’s alleged knowledge of those crimes—knowledge Paterno denied until his death. In the process, the name Paterno—the name he had spent a lifetime building—came to represent scandal and controversy.
Joe Posnanski lived in State College, Pennsylvania, through the turbulent final months of Paterno’s life and was with him and his family as the scandal that eventually consumed him unfolded. Now with a new afterword, Posnanski’s book delves deep into the life of Joe Paterno, going back to his childhood days in Brooklyn and his college days at Brown, and looks at him through the eyes of the young men he coached. It is a portrait that goes beyond the daily headlines and into the life of a stubborn idealist, a teacher, and a flawed but principled man who, to the very end, loved to coach.
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And it would be remiss on my part to fail to mention the tremendous job Joe Montenga did in narrating this book. The texture of his voice, the empathy of his reading, was first rate.
Thank you Joe Posnanski for a most thorough story on the full life of Joe Paterno.
The Truth about the Real JoePa
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Great book, great story
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One of the best books I ever purchased
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It was a very good book about Joe's life and not just the scandal at the end. It was obvious that the author liked Joe, but did show that Joe did make some mistakes with the scandal. I thought overall it was very even handed. Joe was not perfect, but he was also not a monster. If he had known the gravity of the events he would have done something. His mistakes were being too single-minded on football. That made him a great coach, but also allowed things to go on around him that never should have.Fair handling of events
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I went into this hoping that it wouldn't be entirely about the scandal that was all over the news. This book covered the scandal, but I was very pleased to find that it covered much more. I wanted something that was fair and honest, and I think this book is exactly that.
This is definitely a well written and interesting biography and I feel as though the author did his best to remain neutral. This book will give you a better understanding of Paterno’s character, his legendary career, and the scandal that solidified his fall. The narrator did a great job with this book and I felt that he captured the emotions well without making it overly dramatic.
Everything Paterno did was meant to last forever and I really do believe that in time, people will see he tried to do the right things.
Overall, this is a great book. I highly recommend it for anyone that is looking for a moving, emotional, and real story.
Extraordinary Highs and Tragic Lows
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Slandered
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Would you listen to Paterno again? Why?
Yes. There are so many bits of advice ("Paternoisms") I want to write down.What did you like best about this story?
Insight into Joe's relationships with his family and how (for better and worse) he balanced home life with coaching football.What does Joe Mantegna bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The imitations and voices.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The Adam Taliaferro story.Excellent
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What made the experience of listening to Paterno the most enjoyable?
The way he approached coaching and developing young people into adults.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
How Mr. Paterno did not follow his own teachings. It appears his dislike towards Sandusky clouded his understanding of the severity regarding the terrible acts.Sobering
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Really enjoyable book.
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What made the experience of listening to Paterno the most enjoyable?
Finally, a presentation of Joe Paterno as a real person, not as some mythological hero or satanic supporter of a child molester. That seems to be all you read in the press or from social media. The Author is masterful in his ability to capture all the individuals and their frame of mind in context with the chronology of external events. How did he do that? Regardless of where you think you stand on the Penn State issue, this book is a MUST read!A heartfelt thank you to the author. Now, as Paterno would have said himself, it really doesn't matter what the media or NCAA says, or how many statues they tear down, or how many records are re-written by NCAA in the hateful aftermath of Sandusky, the real record of who this man was is HERE! It makes me feel at peace, knowing that it has been written down.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Uhhh, Paterno!What about Joe Mantegna’s performance did you like?
FANTASTIC! His voice breaks at some points. It could be an act. But I don't think so. This book has some very emotional moments and Joe Mantegna does an excellent job of communicating that emotion - Bravo!Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Wow! Many. But the Taliaferro section was especially moving. It really gets to the core of what Paterno was about. He personally took interest in his rehabilitation after the late 2000 injury. Interesting, too, that Paterno was concerned about this athlete during his recovery at just about the same time that Mcqueary was reporting the 2001 Sandusky abuse.Any additional comments?
I wish we knew why it is so innate in human nature to tear down people who have simple and honest lives, like the Paternos. My Father admired Joe Paterno. But, not as a hero. Instead, just as a coach who maintained the standards of honesty, fair play, and hard work, similar to the same standards my Father grew up with, and helped him to survive WWII German pow camp. Now, seeing Joe Paterno treated the way he has been, really lowers my opinion of who we are, today. Granted the Sandusky abuses were horrific. But, we need to focus our punishment and vengeance more precisely, not causing so much collateral damage.Paterno - not a Saint and not the Devil Incarnate.
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