The Immortal Ten

The Definitive Account of the 1927 Tragedy and Its Legacy at Baylor University

Todd Copeland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2025 | Second Edition
Baylor University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4813-2339-0 (ISBN)

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On the morning of January 22, 1927, Baylor University's basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas that night. The game, however, would never be played. Ten of the twenty-two passengers died when a train hit the team's bus at a crossing in Round Rock—the worst such accident in Texas history at the time. The students who died soon became known as "The Immortal Ten," eulogized across the state and nation. This is their story.

In this revised edition, readers will discover more about the lives and families of the young Baylor students who died, as well as those of the twelve men who survived the accident. Additionally, several important developments in the tradition of the Immortal Ten are featured in this updated account of an episode in Baylor's history that remains a central part of campus life today.

Todd Copeland graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor of arts in English and psychology in 1990. He also holds degrees in English from The University of Georgia (MA) and Texas A&M University (PhD). The author of Like All Light, winner of the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize from Gunpowder Press, he received the John H. Jenkins Research Fellowship in Texas History from the Texas State Historical Association in 2025. He has served for more than thirty years in institutional advancement at Baylor, where he additionally has taught creative writing and American literature.

Preface to the Revised Edition
List of Figures
1 Departing Baylor
2 The Best of Hopes
3 In the Company of Friends
4 On the Bus
5 The Collision
6 Among the Dead
7 Heartbreaking News
8 Days of Mourning
9 The Accident's Aftermath
10 An Undying Spirit
Appendix 1 A Tradition of Remembrance
Appendix 2 A Proper Memorial
Acknowledgments and Source Notes

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2025
Zusatzinfo	33 b&w photos - 33 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Waco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 127 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4813-2339-3 / 1481323393
ISBN-13	978-1-4813-2339-0 / 9781481323390
Zustand	Neuware