{"product_id":"lair-of-the-lion-a-history-of-beaver-stadium-keystone-books-9780271077765","title":"Lair of the Lion A History of Beaver Stadium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribes the evolution of Penn State's Beaver Stadium (originally Beaver Field) and its iconic status for the Penn State community. Traces the history of the stadium within the context of the university’s history and explores how fans have experienced football games from 1887 to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One could not find better, more authoritative authors to collaborate on [this] book than Lee Stout and Harry West.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lou Prato \u003ci\u003eBlue White Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fans of PSU sports as well as the university in total should find this volume impressive and a worthwhile history and reference text in keeping with the overall significance of a Big Ten university. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Al Holliday \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLair of the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e is the seminal work on the beginnings of Beaver Stadium, on the west side of campus, to its modern-day state on the opposite end.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Wally Richardson,Director, PSU Football Letterman’s Club, and former PSU quarterback (1992-1996)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stout and West’s narrative offers insights into the Penn State character that extend far beyond the gridiron. They present a wonderfully entertaining story that’s likely to interest even those University alumni and friends who have never attended a football game at Beaver Stadium.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael Bezilla,author of \u003ci\u003ePenn State: An Illustrated History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sport teams often inspire a kind of devotion in their fans and their communities that, to the disinterested, can be difficult to comprehend. The fervor can approach the religious, and if the team itself represents the religion (or the god, if you prefer), then the stadium they play in is the church. In \u003ci\u003eLair of the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Lee Stout and Harry H. West throw open wide the doors of one such church to look at its history, its engineering, and its construction: Beaver Stadium, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions, for decades one of the marquee teams in college football.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ray Bert \u003ci\u003eCivil Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Old Beaver Field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “Wish-Wack, Pink and Black, Go State Go”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 New Beaver Field: The Wooden Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 New Beaver Field: The Steel Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Football Games at New Beaver Field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Beaver Field Becomes Beaver Stadium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 “The Big Lift”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 The North-End Upper Deck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Beaver Stadium Becomes a Building\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 A New Era: Heritage Recognized\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Continuity and Change on Game Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Beaver Stadium’s Importance and Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: The Power of Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCredits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400796938583,"sku":"9780271077765","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lair-of-the-lion-a-history-of-beaver-stadium-keystone-books-9780271077765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}