The Quarterback ClubThe Quarterback Club, a novel, is about an elite football booster club supporting a disastrous fictional college football team. Miles has his own concerns another members wife seduces him, he mentions the secret Church Fund to the wrong person and, when a woman attempts to join the all-male Club, is tabbed to try and save it from self-destruction. ISBN: 1-4208-4269-2 Order, paperback, from: AuthorHouse, Amazon, Google or major book store chains. |
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... Edgerton here , Scott . Sorry to bother you , but we need you down here . " Scott wondered what the station manager was doing at his office so early . " Is there a problem ? ” the half - asleep sportscaster asked in a husky voice ...
... Edgerton here , Scott . Sorry to bother you , but we need you down here . " Scott wondered what the station manager was doing at his office so early . " Is there a problem ? ” the half - asleep sportscaster asked in a husky voice ...
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... remainder of the year . The Williamsport Police Department was in charge of the firebombing , since it happened off - campus and was a felony . Scott walked into Drew Edgerton's office shortly before nine o'clock 30 Hal Hart.
... remainder of the year . The Williamsport Police Department was in charge of the firebombing , since it happened off - campus and was a felony . Scott walked into Drew Edgerton's office shortly before nine o'clock 30 Hal Hart.
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... Edgerton poured a fresh cup and handed it to Scott . " The Middlewest football program is no longer just a sports story , " Edgerton began . " We now have an attempt to burn down the coach's house . Because it came after the statement ...
... Edgerton poured a fresh cup and handed it to Scott . " The Middlewest football program is no longer just a sports story , " Edgerton began . " We now have an attempt to burn down the coach's house . Because it came after the statement ...
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... Edgerton refilled his coffee cup and continued pacing and clicking his pen . " What do we know so far ? The six demonstrators vanished into thin air after the effigy was burned . All the police found were sheets covered with feathers ...
... Edgerton refilled his coffee cup and continued pacing and clicking his pen . " What do we know so far ? The six demonstrators vanished into thin air after the effigy was burned . All the police found were sheets covered with feathers ...
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... Edgerton passed his coffeepot around . " I want you to help Matt on this story , Scott . You know the people in the athletic department . See if you can come up with anything . You'll report to Matt , but work around your sports ...
... Edgerton passed his coffeepot around . " I want you to help Matt on this story , Scott . You know the people in the athletic department . See if you can come up with anything . You'll report to Matt , but work around your sports ...
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Page 127 - Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door, Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
Page 10 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, ' art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven :
Page 28 - It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts.
Page 101 - I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that as far as the sea is concerned, it's no problem. I can part those waters as clean as a whistle with a flick of my finger.
Page 266 - He quickly put them back in the envelope and stuck it in his shirt pocket. He had accomplished nothing that morning and knew that he would accomplish nothing the rest of the day.