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Indiana Hoosiers Basketball |
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Who Killed
Hoosier Hysteria
Sports Survives Amid Fading Fervor
Basketball was once the unchallenged king of Indiana sports, the nearest gymnasium an escape
from life's routine.
Some of us can still see in the films of our minds, a shot that seemed to stay aloft forever before rippling
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Basket Cases
Studies
and Glories of High School CoachesIn No Harm, No Foul, Wendell Trogdon gave high school basketball referees their due. Now in Basket Cases Indiana's coaches have their say.
From Michigan City to Jeffersonville, from legendary Terre Haute Coach Howard
Sharpe to Crispus Attucks’ Ray Crowe these are the stories, and glories,
of great coaches and teams
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Whistle Blowers,
No Harm No Foul II
Referees are People Too
With all its pitfalls and, yes, pratfalls, basketball
refereeing is an awfully tough job. But somebody's got to do it. And it requires a special breed of
referee to survive in Indiana high school basketball, whose fans are the
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Biographies -
Co-Written Books Featuring Damon Bailey |
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Damon
Living a DreamWhat others say about Damon Bailey: "No one, ever, has had the impact on Indiana basketball that Damon Bailey has. Yet, it is amazing how well he handles himself. He is just as outstanding a young man as he is a basketball player."
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Damon
Beyond the GloryDamon, a first name that needs no last, lived the dream of basketball greatness at Bedford-North Lawrence High
School, Indiana and as a professional player.
In the new millennium he still lives a dream, now as a husband, father,
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Out Front
The Cladie "Gus" Bailey Story
Life was not easy for men who entered adulthood during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Jobs were difficult to find, money was scarce and the road ahead was uncertain.
It was that way for Cladie
"Gus" Bailey, an Indiana University graduate who
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Traveling in Indiana -
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Popular
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Backroads Indiana
Discovering the People and Places of Southern Indiana
Forsake the noise and bustle of cities and interstates. Let author Wendell Trogdon guide you through "Backroads Indiana." The author dedicated four seasons to exploring the diverse rural landscape "south of 40" (U.S. 40).
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Borderline Indiana
People and Places around the Edge
Indiana is a state of contrasts and endless differences in its terrain, its resources, its history and its people. It is its variations, sharply defined, that create its mystique and add to its charm.
Majestic cliffs overlook the Ohio.
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U.S. 50, From Washington to St. Louis
The Forgotten
HighwayOne of the author's earliest memories is a
visit to a U.S.50 work site in the mid-1930s where horse drawn scoops guided by depression weary men were moving dirt to form the road bed.
A few years later he traveled on
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Lonely are the Roads, Sequel to U.S. 50
It is not necessary to travel U.S.50 to enjoy Lonely Is The Road. Author Wendell Trogdon's account of his journey across the nation's beautiful heartland is informative, entertaining and a joy to read.
For those who want to visualize the
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Main Street Diners, Where Hoosiers Start The
Day
A
Guide to over 125 Small Town Diners
Ever long for a trip back home-back to that small town diner where eggs and bacon sizzled on the open grill, where no one was a stranger?
It's still possible to return to such places despite skeptics who say there no longer is a sense of
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Indiana at Random
On Road Less Traveled
Tired of the humdrum
of Interstate travel? Indiana at Random...On Roads Less Traveled offers
alternatives to the boredom of today's super highways. It details
15 highways where traffic is light and each mile brings new
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Winding are the Roads, Slow Lanes/Scenic
Routes
Beyond the InterstatesThe straightest line between two points is seldom the most memorable. Crooked roads live in our minds long after the journey has ended.
Winding Are the Roads-Slow Lanes/Scenic Routes details 23
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Nostalgia/Short Stories
Life in the mid-1900's In
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Country Bumpkin
Gang
A Look Back in TimeThere was no television, no video games, no computers to distract Tad, Tyke, Chig, Bugsy and their friends. Their enjoyment came from their associations with others; their fun only limited by their
imaginations.
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Back Home, Those Were the Days II
More than 50 All-New
Stories
Imagine...it's fifty years ago and tour a boy waking up on a farm in Southern Indiana. It's still dark. Your warm comforter and the cold nipping at your nose conspire to keep you in bed, but the fragrance of sizzling tenderloin strips,....
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Carved in Memory, Those Were the Days
III
Funny, Sad, and Mainly True
Stories of Growing Up in Southern Indiana
Heltonville is in the farm country of Southern Indiana. Nestled among the wooded hills of Lawrence County, it has only about three hundred people. But it looms large in the memory of Wendell Trogdon, who grew from childhood to young
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The 1930s and 1940s, Pain and Pleasure
An Eye Witness to History
Author Wendell Trogdon has combined news events with biographical detail to weave a fascinating review of two of the nation's most significant decades. He makes the 1930s and 1940s come alive with stories about
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