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Paterno (2012)

by Joe Posnanski(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1451657498 (ISBN13: 9781451657494)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: Do yourself a favor and read as much Joe Posnanski as you can. He has a remarkable ability to focus on the important dynamics of whatever story he attempts and he is a master storyteller once he identifies these key dynamics. I am not a Penn State fan, and have no great loyalty towards (or hatred for) Joe Paterno. I read this book strictly because of its author and I was rewarded for it. Posnanski tells a difficult tale about the sad ending of a great man's life and manages to tell it fairly and without resorting to sensationalism or moralistic posturing.
review 2: In full disclosure, I must say that I am a Penn State fan and have met Joe Paterno twice. I wanted to read this book just to see what it "said" about Paterno. This book was begun before the Sandusk... morey scandal occurred and was concluded after Joe passed away. There really isn't any Earth-shattering revelation by Joe Paterno regarding the scandal in this book. So don't read it if you're in the hunt for answers about the scandal. However, Joe Posnanski (the author) was with Joe during and after the scandal. I, as a fan, found this to be worth the read alone. There were many moments caught in this book that would never have been reported because they didn't have anything to do with the scandal. For example, the author discussed the fact that Paterno's last month and a half of life was full of "good and bad days. Most were bad." He then goes on to talk about what the last few weeks of Paterno's life were like. Again, I found this to be very interesting.In addition, it starts from Paterno's early life in Brooklyn to his popular times of the early 1970s to the scandal and his subsequent death. Again, small things were shared in this book from many early games (the 1968 and 1969 undefeated teams, for example). Any person who is a fan of college football, Penn State, or Joe Paterno should read this book. less

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