{"product_id":"bring-one-home-a-memoir-of-boyhood-basketball-and-hometown-spirit-9798218642020","title":"Bring One Home: A Memoir of Boyhood, Basketball and Hometown Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, the biggest dream for many young boys across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was to play for their high school basketball team. In the small town of Bessemer, this meant one thing: wearing the blue and gold of the Speedboys. The two obstacles standing in every young Bessemer boy's way were bitter winters of endless snow-and a padlock on the doors to the only good gym in town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One day, when a young, inexperienced coach is hired to lead the team, the Speedboys' usual aspirations of winning championships suddenly become far humbler: they merely want to win a single game. Mired in an epic losing streak, the team's declining fortunes come to mirror those of the town itself. Mines are shuttered. Jobs are lost. Decades of prosperity and stability begin to evaporate. And the Speedboys' losses start piling up. What transpires is nothing less than a test of the town's soul and the character of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBring One Home\u003c\/em\u003e is an irresistible trip back to the days when kids played basketball on snow-covered driveways, drank chocolate malts in the Tip Top Café, and folks got their news in the local barbershop. This is an underdog story as heartwarming as it is heartbreaking. Filled with historical insights and laugh-out-loud moments, \u003cem\u003eBring One Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a tribute to the author's beloved hometown and their undeniable determination to win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePelissero, Thomas L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas L. Pelissero is a gifted storyteller who was born and raised in Bessemer, Michigan. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1973, where he was a multi-sport athlete for the Bessemer Speedboys. In 1978 he paid tribute to his hometown by penning the lyrics to the song \"My Bessemer.\" He earned a B.A. from University of St. Thomas and an MBA from Concordia University, both in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2019, he was named a Distinguished Alumni of his high school alma mater. Tom is known for his sense of humor and regaling friends and family with colorful stories. When he retired, he and his wife moved back to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where they enjoy skiing, hiking, fishing, hunting, family gatherings and preserving local history through the Erwin Township Historical Society.","brand":"Sellar Street Boys Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034200076562,"sku":"9798218642020","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e369c75d-d4fe-4d17-bfba-5326fd5f5473.jpg?v=1770987988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bring-one-home-a-memoir-of-boyhood-basketball-and-hometown-spirit-9798218642020","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}