Jump, Johnny, Jump!
Dick Burdette is a former roving human interest columnist for The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. As a general assignment and investigative reporter at The Sentinel, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and as a columnist, for the Ernie Pyle Award, the nation's top prize for human interest writing. he also is the author of The Fabulous Waterloo Wonders, the story of the most famous high school basketball team in Ohio history, and Pockets Full Awry, a three-year investigation of an unsolved 1947 murder. He and his wife Judy live in Wellington, Colorado, where his is completing Little House on Bull Run, a collection of 39 stories set in 33 counties chronicling the changes that swept across Kentucky between the 1930s and 1960s.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1470016095
ISBN13:9781470016098
Release Date:March 2012
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:260 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"
Customer Reviews
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A nostalgic ride!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book about Jumping Johnny Wilson who was the first player to score 30 points in the final game of the famous Indiana high school basketball tournament, is a delight to read. Wilson led his team to the state title and then helped Indiana beat Kentucky in an All-Star game. The story details the life of a great athlete from Anderson, Indiana who went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. Life for African-American people in the 1940s and 1950s was not easy at times and this book makes that fact rather evident. If you like stories about how well known Americans overcame hurdles and made something of themselves then Jump, Johnny Jump is for you. Norman Jones- author of Growing Up in Indiana: The Culture & Hoosier Hysteria Revisited
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