Review Notices
Hoosier Hysteria! Indiana High School Basketball. By Bob Williams. (South Bend: Icarus Press, 1982. Pp. xi, 333. Illustra- tions, charts, appendixes, index. Clothbound, $18.85; paperbound, $13.60.) One of Indiana’s veteran sportswriters has attempted in this book to portray the excitement and tradition of Indiana high school boys basketball. The book has four sections, dealing with the perennial contenders, the stars, the coaches, and the “Cin- derella” teams. Williams recounts the major stories: from Frank- lin’s “Wonder Five” of the early 1920s, through the Crispus Attucks years of Oscar Robertson, to the recent past of George McGinnis and Larry Bird. There is, of course, a chapter devoted to the Milan “Miracle” of 1954, perhaps the most enduring and oft-told tale in all of Indiana basketball. Enthusiasts will be reminded of events and players they once saw or read about. In this and other ways Williams’s book is entertaining and useful, but it is not the full history of Indiana basketball that so needs to be written, the history that will set the sport in the full context of twentieth- century social change and continuity. James H. Madison, Indiana University, Bloomington.
An Introduction to the Prehistory of Indiana. Second edition. By James H. Kellar. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1983. Pp. 78. Notes, illustrations, appendixes, bibliography. Book- let, $2.00.) This is the second edition of a well-received introduc- tion to Indiana prehistory first published in 1973. The new edition updates the contents to take into account continuing work in the field. In addition to a general overview of Indiana archaeology and prehistory, James H. Kellar provides several appendixes and a bibliography that will help those interested in further pursuit of the subject. Good illustrations and a well-written text help make the material accessible. Here the reader can begin to un- derstand some of the richness of the American Indian past and perhaps also develop a sense of the importance of the physical remains of that past that still exist in Indiana. James H. Madison, Indiana University, Bloomington.
The Swedes in Wisconsin. By Frederick Hale. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983. Pp. 32. Illustrations, map, bibliography. Booklet, $2.00.) Designed to describe Swedish im- migration to Wisconsin, this short work is one of a series of his- 299 Indiana Magazine of History torical sketches concerning ethnic groups published in booklet form by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Included are discussions on causes of emigration from Sweden and of immi- gration to the United States and on the economic, religious, po- litical, and social life of Swedes in Wisconsin. Gregory M. Stone, Indiana University, Bloomington.