Megan

=Leatherheads of the North= The book Leatherheads of the North is about how the Duluth Eskimos saved the NFL. It starts at the beginning, when football was played with a bunch of big guys and no rules. There were few teams and one man start a league - the NFL. Many teams came in and out of the league in the first years but when one team was angry about being kicked out they started their our league - the AFL (American Football League). The new league becamepopular and the NFL was losing money fast. Then famous college football star, Ernie Nevers, singed onto an NFL team's roster, the Duluth Eskimos then known as the Kelly- Duluth team. The Eskimos had the longest traveling season ever recorded with only their first game at home. Ernie Nevers brought attention back to the NFL. The Eskimos had a great season and the AFLlost teams and eventually died out. I think the theme in Leatherheads of the North is that to be good you don't have to be perfect.The Eskimos were a wonderful overall team with a ton of great players. They had a rough time at the end of their first season and were not perfect but they were still a very good team. Do you know anyone who is good but not perfect? This book was pretty good. the best parts were when the players would get into all out fist fights during the middle of a game. It was funny because it sounded more like a hockey game than a football game. At times it could get really boring because they were telling just fact after fact and it was reallyhard to remember and sometimes even understand it all. Over all it was a pretty good book.