Book Reviewed: The Last Season: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime of College Football, by Stuart Stevens

Bonding on Gridiron: The story of a father and son

This is a touching tale of a father and son bonding while growing in Mississippi and spending the best moments of the author’s life watching the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss Rebels) football games on Saturdays with his dad. It was not just a game, but it was a ritual, a culture, a religion, and a special moment for father and son to bond and learn about life while growing up. After years of physical separation from his family, the author looks back and remembers what he missed all his adult life. His career had taken him to different parts of the world for so long that he couldn’t continue anymore. He decides to go back to his old roots to be with his 95 year old man to do it all over again: The Last Season. This is a touching book largely based on the author’s fine memory of his childhood. It also documents historical facts of 1960s Mississippi, civil rights movement and the tensions that followed. The book reads effortlessly and I recommend this to anyone who bonded with their fathers watching football/baseball/basketball or any other sports.