Description: This candid and revealing oral history -- the first one ever written on Fighting Irish football -- is told in the words of more than 150 Notre Dame players, coaches, leading sports journalists and school faculty. The book begins in the 1940s, a decade after the death of the fabled Knute Rockne, as the brilliant coach Frank Leahy reestablishes Notre Dame as a national powerhouse. The rousing narrative concludes five decades later, with the formidable exploits of Notre Dame football today. From the famous rivalries with Army, Michigan, USC, and Miami to the inside stories from locker rooms and team meetings, "Talking Irish" illuminates the glory and pressure that go with Notre Dame football. And yet it also serves as an enlightening social chronicle of twentieth century America, as seen through the eyes of blunt and well-spoken Notre Dame players and coaches, including Ara Parseghian, Johnny Lujack, Lou Holtz, Joe Theisman, and many more. Having experienced World War II and Vietnam, race relations and antiwar demonstrations, these men bring to life a fascinating part of our nation's history.

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