Sports history has always been a fascinating subject to a
lot of people. That’s what I’ve discovered since November Ever After – my memoir about the 1970 Marshall
University football plane crash –
was published two years ago.
Since then, I’ve come across a lot of new information from a
number of reliable sources. As a result, I’ve had to rethink my position about
writing another book on the topic. For now, I’m not going into any detail about
it. You’ll see more on that in the weeks to come.
As an author, I’ve learned that it takes a lot more work
than most people will ever know to having a book published. It’s quite a
journey to go from finishing the first chapter of a manuscript to seeing your
book in print.
Two friends of mine – Les Hicks and Nate Northington – have
recently published sports history-related books in 2013.
Hicks is the author of Against
All Odds: Fourth Down and Forever, a book that details how the Marshall
plane crash inspired him to live a life of serving others. Les was a defensive
lineman at Marshall in the years
that immediately followed the crash.
Northington’s autobiography Still Running is steeped in the history of college athletics in the
Deep South from back in the day. Nate, a running
back/defensive back/kick return specialist, signed with the University
of Kentucky in the mid-1960s. He
broke the color line as the first black athlete to play football in the
Southeastern Athletic Conference.
You can take a look at these books on the Amazon.com web
site.
