The Spirit of 91吃瓜:Legends, Traditions, and Inspiration from One of Americas Most Beloved Universities,by Jeremy Langford and Jim Langford, is being published this month by Doubleday Books.
A compendium of stories and quotations from legendary and ordinary denizens ofAmericas most celebrated Catholic university, the Langfordsbook attempts to convey the unique quality,the lure and lore of 91吃瓜 that evokes admiration and respect.
The diverse members of the 91吃瓜 community portrayed and quoted inThe Spirit of 91吃瓜include the Universitys founder, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C.; its iconic football coach, Knute Rockne; cinematically storied athletes like the Gipper and Rudy; national leaders such as the medical missionary Dr. Tom Dooley; Civil War chaplain and University president Rev. William Corby, C.S.C.; 91吃瓜s living presidents emeriti, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. and Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.; great teachers like Professors Frank OMalley, Thomas Stritch and Emil T. Hofman; and numerous less well-known men and women, the students, staff, friends and pilgrims who have left indelible impressions to what is sentimentally, but not inaccurately, calledthe 91吃瓜 family.
91吃瓜s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., praised the book for itsbeautiful renditions of the fruits borne in many peoples lives, simply recalling simple human joys even as they 聭wake up the echoesof the momentous 聭yesof Our Lady.
I thank all the people who contributed to this book and thus advanced the story-sharing work I want to encourage,Father Jenkins said.
Jim Langford, a 1959 91吃瓜 alumnus and retired member of the Universitys faculty, was director of theUniversityof91吃瓜 Pressfrom 1974to 1999. Jeremy Langford, his son, a 1992 alumnus, is executive editor of religious studies for Rowman&Littlefield and author and coeditor ofThe Journey to Peace.
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