{"id":361,"date":"2018-12-31T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:57:00","slug":"lone-star-book-reviewsby-si-dunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Lone Star Book ReviewsBy Si Dunn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Si Dunn<\/span> is an Austin writer and book reviewer. His reviews appear periodically in the Dallas Morning New<\/span>s and on the Internet.<\/p>\n

Lone Star Book Reviews
of Texas books appear weekly
at LoneStarLiterary.com<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Bower Yousse<\/span> is the coauthor of Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football<\/span> (University of Texas Press, 2015). A close friend and teammate of Freddie Steinmark as a teenager, Yousse is a former award-winning creative executive with Young & Rubicam and other advertising agencies. Outside of the advertising industry, Yousse is a successful freelance copywriter and producer. He has written several screenplays, magazine articles, and novel-to-screenplay adaptations.<\/p>\n

Thomas J. Cryan<\/span> is a media executive, attorney, and coauthor of the first authorized biography ofFreddie Steinmark. He is the author of two previous books, The Next Paradigm<\/span> and 3 Principles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/a><\/span>BIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n

Bower Yousse and Thomas L. Cryan<\/span><\/p>\n

Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

Hardcover, 978-1-4773-0821-9, 287 pages, $24.95<\/p>\n

September 1, 2015<\/p>\n

Freddie Steinmark was one of his team\u2019s smallest players<\/span> when the University of Texas Longhorns battled their way to college football\u2019s national championship in 1969. Yet, on the field, Number 28 seemed fearless as he brought down big running backs, broke up pass plays, intercepted throws, and returned punts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was,\u201d the authors note in this well-written book, \u201ca master of extra effort, fighting for every play, battling for every inch, and that was what set him apart and contributed to so much to the Longhorns\u2019 historic run of victories.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was among the many thousands of students and fans in the stands who cheered when Steinmark\u2019s name boomed out over the public address system that championship year. None of us, including the fearsome safety himself, knew that he already had bone cancer in his left leg and that it would spread and lead to his death in 1971. To his many admirers, he seemed a strong, young, All-American standout with many successful years ahead.<\/p>\n

Other books have dealt effectively with Freddie Steinmark\u2019s stellar athleticism, his brave determination to keep fighting cancer, and the way he supported the Longhorns even after losing his leg to amputation. He also became, at least briefly, a leading figure in the fight against cancer, helping spur President Nixon to sign the National Cancer Act of 1971, which increased research funding.<\/p>\n

What this worthy new book brings to readers is a closer view of Steinmark\u2019s childhood, family life, and Catholic faith, as well as how his academic excellence, superb athleticism, and fighting spirit evolved, with help from his father, \u201cBig Fred\u201d Steinmark and mother, Gloria Steinmark.<\/p>\n

Co-author Bower Yousse<\/span> and his family were close friends with the Steinmarks. Indeed, Bower and Freddie were teammates on youth and high school teams. Thomas J. Cryan,<\/span> meanwhile, has been a close associate of the Steinmark family for more than twenty years. They received \u201cunrestricted and unprecedented access to documents associated with Freddie,\u201d as well as input from many members and friends of the extended Steinmark family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t claim to be unbiased or impartial in this rendering of Freddie\u2019s life,\u201d Bower Yousse states in the book\u2019s authors\u2019 notes. \u201cWhat we do claim is to present an authentic story distilled from our relationships with Freddie, his family, his friends, his teammates, and his coaches. At critical junctures in this narrative, when it seems justified, I speculate on Freddie\u2019s thoughts and feelings, something that previous accounts of Freddie have not done. These attempts are based on either what he communicated to me or how I knew him to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith,\u201d \u201cfamily\u201d and \u201cfootball\u201d do sum up much of Freddie Steinmark\u2019s too-short life. Yet, as this book makes clear, his fuller story includes remarkable fortitude and compassion. And his inspirations to others continue, nearly forty-five years after his passing.<\/p>\n

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