I should pont out that I left references in the text, so I could easily check these, which I will later replace with footnotes.<br /><br />You asked a great question - why is the story being told that I don't yet have a great answer to. &nbsp;Although I think it is an interesting story, it is not about an extremely famous person. &nbsp;It would be wonderful, but based on experience with previous books, I doubt I will sell more than a thousand copies. &nbsp;As it has evolved, I anticipate that the primary audience will be sports fans, then family, friends, Notre Dame fans, and Northeast Ohioans, who I have atempted to write for. &nbsp;Since I anticipate it being largely a sports book, I have added detail regarding how various events are performed.<br /><br />The book has five parts<br />1. &nbsp;His early life growing up cripled in an early 1900s river town.<br />2. &nbsp;His college football career playing for the best team of the era and breaking javelin records througout the country.<br />3. &nbsp;The Olympics - the center- to me the most interesting part, which I attempted to foreshadow and build towards.<br />4. &nbsp;Coaching career with its ups and particularly the downs during the Depression, which becomes somewhat dramatic.<br />5. &nbsp;Redemption as a college history professor, father, and artist.<br /><br />Throughout the book, several themes&nbsp;emerge<br />1. Prohibition<br />2. Prejudices of the time as these affect Gene and his family, exemplified by the KKK and Know Nothings, which I think adds some interesting drama.<br />3. &nbsp;All of the great sports figures, duirng the pivitol time in American sports history,&nbsp;who he had the privelege to interact with.<br />4. &nbsp;His relationship with Rockne.<br /><br />Rob Oberst<br />Global Future Press<br />RobOberst@sbcglobal.net<br /><br />