Dust cover is in poor condition but the book is very good

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF

KNUTE K. ROCKNE

In 1893 Rockne was a Norwegian immigrant lad of five. When he was Hung to death from the skies on March 31, 1931, he was perhaps the most universally mourned man in American history. And yet he never amassed a fortune, never invented anything, never held public office, never attempted any of the fine arts, never made any important discovery.

An undersized boy till he was well on to the end of high school, Rockne became one of the favorite football heroes of his college and his period, and later and until his death the most universally acclaimed athletic coach of all time.

Always

an carnest student, he

crowded into an amazingly busy and variegated life comprehensive culture and solid science in several fields. A maker of men, Rockne displayed rare inspirational power, ripeness of wis-dom, high ideals of honor and achievement. He became the hero of millions of men and women and the idol of adoring American youth.

Rockne's genius changed football from a merely interesting adventure into a colortul, thrilling, dramatic experience,

easily understood and

enjoyed by the multitude. Hence he attracted to Notre Dame games the biggest crowds ever assembled to witness an athletic contest in the history of the world. It was no unusual experience to find over a hundred and twenty thousand fans at a Rockne game, with many thousands more eagerly but hopelessly clamoring for tickets or for admission at the gates.

A born teacher, the famous coach had won applause as a teacher of chemistry immediately after graduation and when a few years later he became a teacher of physical culture, his peculiar power of inspiring and instructing young men made him unique among athletic trainers.

A crimson, hesitant, halting speaker in his first public attempts, Rockne

developed into a spellbinder of peculiar poignancy and flavor, eagerly sought after for public occasions and greatly admired by professional and public men of great oratorical repute.

The Autobiography of Knute K.

Rockne forms the body of the work which is edited by Mrs. Rockne.

A close friend of the great coach, who, as President of Notre Dame from 1905 till 1919, admitted Rockne as a freshman, graduated him four years later, named him instructor in Chemistry and assistant football

Coach and later Athletic Director and Coach, writes an introduction and an interpretative postscript. It has been a labor of love for Father Cavanaugh.

The royalties of the book all go to

the slender Rockne estate.