Reasons Why

Misfits in America Chapter 4

Did the materialism and anti-intellectualism of post war America discourage a generation from pursuing public service?  For Bronze and Wolfe, college in post-war America was dominated by a  male group mentality that created a fraternity class full of boys intent upon verbally putting one another down while competing mightily in intra-fraternity games in pursuit of athletic glory rather than intellectual growth.


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Ann Arbor College Years

Misfits in America Chapter 2

To the Jewish brothers of the unnamed University of Michigan fraternity, academics took a stiff back seat to the wondrous goal of winning the intra-fraternity athletic championship.  Their personal identities as jews in America in constant conflict with the hopes and dreams of these smart ambitious young men, Bronze and his friends struggle through their years in Ann Arbor, never keeping their eyes off the prize, Christian friends and acknowledged athletic prowess.


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The Misfit Genius from East Europe, Illinois

Misfits in America Chapter 1 

In some ways Harry Brohnz was the smartest man I ever met. We lived together in an apartment during the second semester of or junior year in Ann Arbor. that was the semester that he got a 4.2 grade point average - on a 4 point system, you might jokingly say....

You can listen to chapter 1 of Misfits in America here .

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