Just 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.
Joe 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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