Smith, J: The Sons of Westwood John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2014.- A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2014.

"An entertaining and insightful look at college basketball's most successful coach and team dynasty. Fans and scholars of college sports should not miss this important book." --Charles H. Martin, author of Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980 "The Sons of Westwood is an excellent, wide-ranging history, not only of UCLA basketball and the Wizard of Westwood, but of the great social movements which characterized the era of the Wooden Dynasty. I recommend it to any who love basketball or are interested in one of the more interesting periods of recent American life. John Matthew Smith is a historian on which we should all keep our eye." --Charles E. Young, Chancellor Emeritus, UCLA "This is the John Wooden book I've been waiting to read--a well-written, meticulously researched, and astute portrait of one of the sporting world's most interesting and influential characters. John Matthew Smith's book is at once a pleasure to read and a solid work of history." --Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season