Question about Stagg vs. Yost: the book
After finally finishing HTTV this week, I decided to seek out the "Stagg vs. Yost" book that's mentioned/recommended several times in one of the articles. I go to Amazon and discover that the hardcover edition costs $45, and the Kindle edition is $31, which seems insanely high. My questions are:
1. Why is this book so expensive? It looks like it's only 360 pages or so.
2. Is it worth the price? I love Michigan football history and it would be great to learn more about how Yost built his early teams, but I don't want to pay a king's ransom for a book that tells me what I've already read in HTTV.
August 31st, 2019 at 12:08 AM ^
www.gofundme.com
Willing to help with 3% of the Kindle version.
August 31st, 2019 at 12:39 AM ^
You can read it for free with a library card.
August 31st, 2019 at 5:54 AM ^
You can get a used edition in very good condition for $23 and free shipping.
August 31st, 2019 at 7:35 AM ^
Book pricing is like the value of football predictions: HIGHLY variable. It has very little to do with the number of pages. A 780-page book will not necessarily cost twice as much as a 360-page book.
August 31st, 2019 at 8:35 AM ^
Correct, it would be around 117% more. Zing!
August 31st, 2019 at 7:36 AM ^
Can’t speak to the price, but I thought the book was excellent. Inexplicable why Stagg has a Big-10 trophy named for him and Yost doesn’t. They both bent or broke the rules, but Stagg’s hypocrisy was amazing.
August 31st, 2019 at 7:48 AM ^
Not sure why it is so expensive, but you are correct that it is. I paid about $10 for it in excellent shape about 5 years ago, now it's double that in good condition (go to abebooks for a lot of buying options).
It's an excellent book, though, and worth $20 in good condition, IMO. It's not only a great story well-told, but it's full of contemporary source material from letters, newspapers, papers, diaries, and the like, and Kryk has some interesting analysis of what was really going on, and why things had to change.
August 31st, 2019 at 8:08 AM ^
Kryk's book is terrific. I also suggest his book on ND/UM, "Natural Enemies" as well as Murray Greenberg's book on Friedman, (I think) "Passing Game."
August 31st, 2019 at 8:09 AM ^
I thought this was about bourbon for a second. But..: maybe they should add Yost to the BTAC
August 31st, 2019 at 8:36 AM ^
I bought a used version back in April for $10.49 through the Amazon site. Looks like the price has gone up since then. Excellent resource for that era of football.
August 31st, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
August 31st, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
It's a good book. I read it.
August 31st, 2019 at 10:32 AM ^
More importantly, why don't mothers name their children "Amos" and "Fielding" anymore?
August 31st, 2019 at 5:12 PM ^
I think the more important question is why you’re comparing Yost to strippers that are greasy.