Reviews for The Razorbacks : A Story of Arkansas Football

The average rating for The Razorbacks : A Story of Arkansas Football based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-18 00:00:00 Robert Baird I was an Arkansas student, and I've always been a Razorback fan. So it was like a dream come true when I worked on the sports copy desk at the Arkansas Gazette and had the opportunity to read game stories by Orville Henry and Jim Bailey before they appeared on the pages of the newspaper. This book brings back great memories of my childhood and stories from before I was born. It is also great for anyone who loves college football. But it's especially entertaining for anyone who has lived in the Razorback atmosphere for even one Saturday of college football. I grew up in that atmosphere. It has a richness one cannot appreciate unless one has seen it for oneself.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-09 00:00:00 James Meranda This entertaining social history looks at the years 1880 through 1920 and is set largely in or near New York. The author’s primary subjects, beginning with Cornelius Vanderbilt, are four generations of a family who at one time controlled $200 million, “the largest fortune in America if not the world.” While Auchincloss’ research is obviously extensive, he conveys his erudition with a light touch and in a concise style. In general, as in his novels the author’s subject is how money is made and spent. Especially striking here, however, are the portraits Auchincloss paints. Cornelius Vanderbilt “was puffed up with divine greed,” as a contemporary wrote. Gertrude Vanderbilt was an arts patron who instigated a scandalous battle for custody of her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was a champion yachtsman and “the father of contract bridge.” In some cases, more interesting than the Vanderbilts are other individuals Auchincloss describes. These include the historian Henry Adams and his brothers, infamous speculator Jay Gould, the artists Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Singer Sargent and Louis C. Tiffany, the diplomat Henry White, the architect Stanford White and the author Edith Wharton. Auchincloss is notably good at relating her major novels to the era.