Gary Repetto

Broschiertes Buch

Prairie Fire

Beschreibung

Prairie Fire by Gary Repetto Four teenagers, one the star quarterback of his high school's team, their fathers, their prists and their coach plus a corrupt college booster and a police captain, collide with greed, ambition and convoluted definitions of morally right. This book takes place in 1958 at a Catholic high school in Chicago where the game of football is extremely competitive and among the best in the country. It wasn't uncommon for a school to have 5 to 10 players receive major college scholarships and coaches to be snapped up by colleges throughout the country. This environment is the backdrop for this book in which Mike Bonjanovich is possibly the best quarterback in the country, but he is also a mean, hateful, vindictive individual. His presence almost insures his school, Malloy High School, will win the coveted city championship which would present sought after opportunities for a number of people. But his part in a tragic accidental death of 3 boys witnessed by a freshman student creates several conflicts that reveal a win-at-all-costs attitude by many. The story moves quickly to a dramatic conclusion with good finally overcoming evil. Secondary to the conflict this story reveals life as a student in an inter-city Catholic high school in Chicago during the 1950's (and into the early to mid-1960's)

Autor

Gary Repetto is a former Chicago high school all-star baseball and football player who later lettered in football and baseball at the University of New Mexico, playing on three consecutive conference championship football teams. After several years coaching major college football, he was the commissioner of a state wide youth football program with responsibilities that included the interviewing, hiring and overseeing of coaches for a 2000 player organization. After coaching he became a corporate recruiter, recruiting and hiring several thousand engineers and analysts in the defense and mining industries over a long, successful career. His first novel, 'Prairie Fire', was published in 2015. Besides 'Afraid of the Dark' Repetto is working on a third novel set in New Mexico during the Cuban Missile Crisis and a series of short stories, 'Chicago Stories, Catholic and Otherwise'. He lives in Arizona with his wife, Antoinette, and their family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: TotalRecall Publications, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781590954980
• ISBN-10: 159095498X
• Artikelnr.: 44073911