Mountaintop: The Inside Story of Michigan’s 1997 National Title Clime with local author Mark Snyder

Join the **Detroit Jewish Book Fair** at The J for Author **Mark Snyder** who
will discuss his new book, **Mountaintop: The Inside Story of Michigan’s 1997
Title Climb** __with special guests, including Eddie Magnus.

**Free event.**[ **Click here to
register.**](https://jccdet.typeform.com/to/RBFV75c2)

Books will be available during the event in the Book Fair Bookstore, followed
by a book signing with the author.
**About the book:** When the 1997 college football season began, the once-
mighty Michigan Wolverines were dismissed nationally as a relic of a bygone
era. Michigan had posted four straight four-loss seasons and started out No.
14 in the polls for the third straight year, its worst preseason rankings
since 1985. Four months later, the Wolverines stood on college football’s
summit as the 1997 national champion, a perfect 12-0. This is the story of
climbing the mountain, individually and as a brotherhood, during Michigan’s
most fabled season ― one ending with its first national championship in a
half-century and lone title in the last 75 years. “Mountaintop” is the journey
from the inside, from the players, coaches, and staff members who lived the
experience.
**About the author:** Mark Snyder lived through the 1997 national
championship season as a University of Michigan student, riding the wave like
all Wolverines who expected nothing and received everything. Starting from the
inside at The Michigan Daily student newspaper during his college years, he
turned the experience into a career, covering high school, college and
professional sports for nearly 20 years at the Oakland (Mich.) Press and the
Detroit Free Press, primarily focused on the Wolverines. He was voted
Michigan’s sportswriter of the year by his peers in 2011. He lives in suburban
Detroit with his wife and two children.

**SPONSORS:** Bronze Book Sponsor: Temple Israel; Sponsors: JCC Maccabi
Games® , JRec

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Patron, visit www.jccdet.org/bookfair

Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair

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