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<p><b>Now a movie starring Luke Wilson, Vinessa Shaw, and Wayne Knight!<br></b><b><br>Jim Dent, author of the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling <i>The Junction Boys</i>, returns with his most powerful story of human courage and determination: </b><i><b>Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football.</b></i><br><br>More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It was a humble project that for years existed quietly on a hillside east of town. Life at the Masonic Home was about to change, though, with the arrival of a lean, bespectacled coach by the name of Rusty Russell. Here was a man who could bring rain in the midst of a drought. Here was a man who, in virtually no time at all, brought the orphans' story into the homes of millions of Americans.<br><br>In the 1930s and 1940s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites—a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least thirty pounds per man, were the toughest football team around

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Author

Dent, Jim

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312308728

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, History

Rating

4.24 / 5 (593 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14