The forgotten place? Small town Indiana. The impossible dream? A poor kid and others like him coming together to achieve basketball glory. The miracle of Larry Bird? A question worthy of a book. 

If you think you know Larry Legend, check out “Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird.” Keith O’Brien explores a life that nearly never was, following tragedy and Bird dropping out of Indiana University. He went home to French Lick, where it seemed he’d stay, were it not for unlikely coaches who convinced him to play at unlikely Indiana State. The rest is history ー but not all well-known. 

ーSeth Boster, The Gazette