Fall Reading!

I didn't do too much this summer, went away a couple of times, but, I did happen to read two books that really captured my attention. The first book was
"Fall River Dreams" by Bill Reynolds. It is a story about the history of Fall River, Mass and Durfee High School. I found it so interesting. The second book
was "Basketball Junkie". by Chris Herren and Reynolds. What a story! Boy what a life that kid led. Anyway, I just thought I would mention these two books to any of you who might find them interesting. I was totally taken with both books. I always thought that Herren was one heck of a young ball player. What a life he led, and what he threw away. Just a thought......

RosalieTCeltics wrote:I didn't do too much this summer, went away a couple of times, but, I did happen to read two books that really captured my attention. The first book was
"Fall River Dreams" by Bill Reynolds. It is a story about the history of Fall River, Mass and Durfee High School. I found it so interesting. The second book
was "Basketball Junkie". by Chris Herren and Reynolds. What a story! Boy what a life that kid led. Anyway, I just thought I would mention these two books to any of you who might find them interesting. I was totally taken with both books. I always thought that Herren was one heck of a young ball player. What a life he led, and what he threw away. Just a thought......

Lived 5 miles from Fall River Rosalie. Big fan of all those Durfee teams starting in 1947.Made the trip to the old Garden for the Tech Tourney every March to root on those great Durfee teams. Was there the night, in 1956, when Durfee beat Winchester High for the state championship in what was the greatest High School game I ever saw. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
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then you must have been around for the early years of Skip Karam as coach of Durfee. I am telling you, Fall River Dreams would really bring you back in time.

Thanks Rosalie, I'll check them out!

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Thanks for the post, Rosalie. Boy, the Tech Tournament was an amazing phenomenon. I lived next to Somerville in Arlington. It seemed that Somerville always had great teams, backboned of course by the Perry family. Imagine having a high school tournament broadcast over the radio.

Nice to know that Chris Herron's story will become more familiar to a lot of people. Thanks again.

Sam

RosalieTCeltics wrote:then you must have been around for the early years of Skip Karam as coach of Durfee. I am telling you, Fall River Dreams would really bring you back in time.

Sure was Rosalie. My first awareness of Skip was around 1952-53 when I saw him play at the tech tourney. For many years Durfee basketball was all about coaches Luke Urban and Tom "skip" karam. While I have not read the book,as a daily reader of the Providence Journal since 1960, Billy Reynolds has kept the public well informed on the Durfee sports scene including "Fall River Dreams".
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