Eshbach

From USAFA Folklore

Eshbach was the huge freaking book of Engineering fundamentals that was issued to every freshman cadet starting in 1957, with the class of 1961. The book was at least 3-4 inches thick and was used probably twice during a cadet's four years. During the 80s, a tradition erupted of drop kicking the book and/or ripping it to shreds when finals week was over.

The main reason that it was ripped to shreds and/or drop kicked was that the book companies who showed up to buy back cadet books didn't want it and would usually give you $2.00 for it. I remember in 1987 that there was a HUGE pile of Eschbachs on the floor in the SAR that was used by one of these companies.