Great Writers, Pat Conroy, The Great Santini John Grady grinned

John Grady grinned

and dozens of other issues

Others surrender their identity

referring to the feared Negro heavyweight champ whose hammer-like fists knocked opponents out cold

--what’s the deep meaning

Great Writers, Pat Conroy, The Great Santini John Grady grinnedWhats the next song, sportsfans?  Lets sing Dixie, Karen trilled.  Yes, the rest of the family agreed, except Bull.  Naw, he said, thats a losers song. Nothing depresses me more than a losers song. Lets sing something else.  No, Dixie, the others insisted.  O. K., you sing Dixie and Ill sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Ill sing a winners song and you sing a losers song.  So they sang rival songs at the same time.