Join the Detroit Jewish Book Fair at The J for Author Mark Snyder who will discuss his new book, Mountaintop: The Inside Story of Michigan's 1997 Title Climb with special guests, including Eddie Magnus.
Free event. Click here to register.
Books will be available during the event in the Book Fair Bookstore, followed by a book signing with the author.
About the book: When the 1997 college football season began, the once-mighty Michigan Wolverines were dismissed nationally as a relic of a bygone era. Michigan had posted four straight four-loss seasons and started out No. 14 in the polls for the third straight year, its worst preseason rankings since 1985. Four months later, the Wolverines stood on college football’s summit as the 1997 national champion, a perfect 12-0. This is the story of climbing the mountain, individually and as a brotherhood, during Michigan’s most fabled season ― one ending with its first national championship in a half-century and lone title in the last 75 years. “Mountaintop” is the journey from the inside, from the players, coaches, and staff members who lived the experience.
About the author: Mark Snyder lived through the 1997 national championship season as a University of Michigan student, riding the wave like all Wolverines who expected nothing and received everything. Starting from the inside at The Michigan Daily student newspaper during his college years, he turned the experience into a career, covering high school, college and professional sports for nearly 20 years at the Oakland (Mich.) Press and the Detroit Free Press, primarily focused on the Wolverines. He was voted Michigan’s sportswriter of the year by his peers in 2011. He lives in suburban Detroit with his wife and two children.
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