Thomas Fuller

The St. Louis County Library Foundation and Left Bank Books Present Thomas Fuller

 
Author of “The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory”
 

New York Times reporter Thomas Fuller shares the incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated. After years of covering wildfires, war, pandemic, and mass shootings, Fuller became captivated by the story of the football team at California School for the Deaf, a state-run school with only 168 students. Fuller packed his bags and drove seven hours to the Riverside campus just in time to see them trounce their opponent in the second game of the playoffs. “The Boys of Riverside” looks back at the myriad heart-wrenching and uplifting stories of the players who had found common purpose. Through their eyes, Fuller reveals a portrait of high school athletics, and deafness in America.

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