The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame is synonymous with college football supremacy. Legends have been their legacy down through the
years, from Knute Rockne to George Gipp (the Gipper) and the storied Four Horsemen immortalized by Grantland Rice.
This story takes place in 1972 and gives rise to the making of a new legend at Notre Dame, as three highly-recruited high school
All-Americans, an Italian, Tony Granelli (son of a Mafia Don), a Jew, Mo Green (son of holocaust survivors), a black, L.J. Jones
(son of a father who passed as a white man), fight to overcome blatant discrimination in their quest to achieve football prominence.
They constantly needle and poke fun at each other's ethnicity as they battle bigotry outside their dorm room, in the locker room
and on the playing field. To the outside world they seem to be fighting with each other and thus are labeled the Fighting Ethnics.
Their baggage binds them together to not only face up to their family problems, but to overcome the taunts of a racist, bigoted
head coach whose open bias against playing freshmen is only a lame excuse for his overt prejudice and discrimination.
Winning the national championship is only one facet of their many problems. Winning the fight over bigotry and discrimination is the
more compelling one.
Their loves, family problems and challenges to their football prowess add an intriguing element in this novel that will capture
the imagination of not only football lovers and Notre Dame fans, but those readers disgusted by the insidious nature of bigotry.
The Fighting Ethnics will keep your attention riveted to the very last page of this unusual story.
