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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... morning's Courier showing a pendulum swinging close to Clark's head . He's in this pit , on his knees , praying . " ' And this guy on TV yesterday morning had two 10 Hal Hart.
... morning's Courier showing a pendulum swinging close to Clark's head . He's in this pit , on his knees , praying . " ' And this guy on TV yesterday morning had two 10 Hal Hart.
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Hal Hart. ' And this guy on TV yesterday morning had two ravens he said could talk , " Miles added . " Got one of them to say ' daddy ' and ' bye - bye . ' The host asked if the bye - bye had anything to do with Lou Clark . ” " He's ...
Hal Hart. ' And this guy on TV yesterday morning had two ravens he said could talk , " Miles added . " Got one of them to say ' daddy ' and ' bye - bye . ' The host asked if the bye - bye had anything to do with Lou Clark . ” " He's ...
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... morning threatening to bomb my office building if we don't get rid of Lou . John Hawkins called last night . He and Clark got death threats over the phone yesterday . Sherm Jackson got one , too . He's chairman of the Advisory Board ...
... morning threatening to bomb my office building if we don't get rid of Lou . John Hawkins called last night . He and Clark got death threats over the phone yesterday . Sherm Jackson got one , too . He's chairman of the Advisory Board ...
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... morning the firebomb was a Molotov cocktail , a bottle filled with gasoline with a rag as a fuse . Not too sophisticated . " " But whoever it was must have planned to set fire to Clark's house . I call that serious , don't you ...
... morning the firebomb was a Molotov cocktail , a bottle filled with gasoline with a rag as a fuse . Not too sophisticated . " " But whoever it was must have planned to set fire to Clark's house . I call that serious , don't you ...
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Hal Hart. 7 That same Miles fein was sitting hat same Wednesday morning Miles Hefflin was sitting of his favorite hotel in his favorite city reading his favorite newspaper , the Chicago Tribune . He always stayed at the Drake Hotel when ...
Hal Hart. 7 That same Miles fein was sitting hat same Wednesday morning Miles Hefflin was sitting of his favorite hotel in his favorite city reading his favorite newspaper , the Chicago Tribune . He always stayed at the Drake Hotel when ...
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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.