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Indiana Hoosiers Basketball

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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In 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 More >>

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 More >>

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Biographies   - Co-Written Books Featuring Damon Bailey

What 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." More >>

Damon, 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,    More >>

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 Bailey, an Indiana University graduate who More >>

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Traveling in Indiana  - Most Popular Books

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). More >>

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. More >>

One 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  More >>

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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 More >>

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 More >>

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 More >>

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The 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 More >>

Nostalgia/Short Stories
Life in the mid-1900's In Rural Indiana

There 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. More >>

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,....More >>

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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  More >>

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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 More >>

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