Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania

What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care?

In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers who follow the Alabama Crimson Tide from game to game. A movable feast of Weber grills and Igloo coolers, these are hard-core football fans who arrive on Wednesday for Saturdayâ€™s game: The Reeses, who skipped their own daughterâ€™s wedding because it coincided with a Bama game; Ray Pradat, the Episcopal minister who watches the games on a television beside his altar while performing weddings; and John Ed, the wheeling and dealing ticket scalper whose access to good seats gives him power on par with the governor. In no time at all, St. John buys an RV (a $5,500 beater named The Hawg) and joins the caravan for a full football season, chronicling the world of the extreme fan and learning that in the shadow of the stadium, it can all begin to seem strangely normal.

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer is not only a hilarious travel story, but a cultural anthropology of fans that goes a long way toward demystifying the universal urge to take sides and to win.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780609807132
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2005-05-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780609807132

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780609807132
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2005-05-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780609807132

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania

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