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by Jonathan MahlerByliner | January 2012Just days after Paterno’s death comes this insightful look at the rise of Penn State under the 46-year reign of the man affectionately known as Joe Pa.
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Death Comes to Happy Valley
by Jonathan MahlerJoe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach, modeled his life after the classic heroes, but in the end his story was a modern tragedy. Jonathan Mahler shows what can happen when a school, and an entire community, falls under the spell of a larger-than-life man who was, in fact, merely mortal.
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