A Tide of Dreams

<p><strong>Three friends and college football teammates with a dream to be the winningest partnership of coaches the sport had ever seen. </strong></p><br><p>Upon graduating from the University of Alabama they vow that whoever gets a Head Coach job first will bring the other two along with them. When Pearl Harbour is bombed their dream is sidelined and instead the three join an elite group of football coaching talent selected from around the country to help implement the Navy’s revolutionary new physical training program for Navy pilots. Post-war when Maryland taps Bryant as their head coach true to their vow he brings Laslie and Moseley along with him as his top assistants and their quest begins - from Maryland to the University of Kentucky then to Texas A&M always with a eye towards returning to their alma mater. They finally arrived back at Alabama in 1958 setting a record for winning that has yet to be broken. Not only a football story it is also a story of Americana and like the account told in <em>Seabisquit</em> a new vantage point from which to tell an inspirational story. Of how friendship can serve to help tame inner demons guide the power of talents and achieve mutual success. </p><br><p>Written by Carey Henry Keefe the granddaughter of Coach Carney Laslie known as the right-hand man of Coach Paul Bear Bryant <em>A Tide of Dreams</em> is less a story about the sport of football than it is about how friendship can serve to tame inner demons and guide the power of talents; of loyalty aspirations and dreams and the intriguing blend of three personalities who loved the game.</p><br><p>Told against the backdrop of the history of the sport and the nation the account spans over three decades from 1930 – 1961. This poignant and behind-the-scenes account not only gives dimension and understanding to one of college football's most influential and colorful personalities but it speaks to the crucial elements of what it takes to be successful: a team. Never forgotten in the narrative is the ever important role of the families their stories woven throughout using personal letters and diaries made accessible to the author as well as a rich collection of photos from both private and public collections creating an inside and fascinating look at the sport and what it cost for those who became the face of its success. </p>