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The Best Book Club Questions for A TIDE OF DREAMS
A TIDE OF DREAMS: BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS
- What are some themes that can be identified in the book?
- Define what you think success meant to each of the men individually? Corporately?
- The narrative gives an overview of history from 1930-1961. The successful partnership of these men occurred during the most transformative years of the sport. How did the times they live in shape their character? Why or why not do you think they were the product of their times? How did their character impact the decisions they made when opportunities were presented?
- Compare those times with today. What are some of your character traits that can you attribute to the times you grew up in? What are some character traits you project will be part of today's generation?
- Coach Laslie's story was told in greater detail than the others. Why?
- How did football help win WWII?
- What was your take-away with regard to family life during WWII?
- What principles of the Navy's Pre-Flight Training were applied to post-WWII college football?
- Why do you think Coach Moseley left the University of Kentucky?
- Why do you think Coach Laslie left the University of Kentucky?
- Why do you think Coach Hank approached Coach Laslie to return to Alabama to coach?
- What was your favorite Part/Chapter/anecdote in the book? Why?
- What was the most surprising thing learned?
- Were you a football fan prior to reading A TIDE OF DREAMS? If not, are you now? Why or why not?
About Carey
Carey Henry Keefe grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and attended the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, graduating with a B.S. in Business Management. She speaks regularly to groups about the remarkable group of men known as the "90-Day Wonders" and the history of the Navy's WWII Pre-flight Training program profiled in A TIDE OF DREAMS.
