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Bringing One Home with Tom Pelissero
🌳🌲If these woods could talk, they might ride the pine and keep on cheering.🌲🏀We’re extending our range a bit for today’s storyteller. We spoke with Thomas L. Pelissero of Bessemer, Michigan, author of the new book “Bring One Home: A Memoir of Boyhood, Basketball, and Hometown Spirit.” The book juxtaposes the decline of Bessemer’s mining industry in the 1960s with their high school basketball team’s years-long losing streak. It’s a compelling concept, and the book is filled with far more stories from Bessemer’s heyday than could reasonably fit in an episode.The book’s release party will be…
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