Marshall Patterson mentored thousands of Military Brats at Fort Campbell High School as a teacher, coach, administrator, and sometimes surrogate father.  In the classroom and on the football field, “Coach P” prepared his students and athletes so that they would be able to compete—and win—in “The Game of Life.”  From absolutely nothing, Marshall Patterson launched the Falcon football program in the early 1960s and then built it into a perennial power in Kentucky. His great deeds on and off the field for more than three decades were responsible for shining the national spotlight on the Fort Campbell Army post.  In the end, “Marshall’s Boys” never forgot their Hall of Fame coach or the life lessons he taught them. Today, they’re paying it forward by making a difference in the world—just like the man who influenced them and put them on the right path in life.   

Father of the Falcons: Coach P's Military Brats & 'The Game of Life'

Dollar, Rob

Biographies & Memoirs

Robert Stanley Dollar

When Newspapers Mattered: The News Brothers & Their Shades of Glory

<p>IN THE EARLY 1980S, the citizens of Clarksville, Tennessee, were traumatized by the unrelated disappearances and random murders of two All-American teenagers, whose bodies were found within 24 hours of each other in the most shocking and mind-numbing of circumstances imaginable. Having a job to do, but emotionally affected by the double tragedy, reporters and editors at the city's daily newspaper wrestled with their sanity while they pursued for their readers a trail of never-ending stories about the darkest underside of the human spirit. In seeking solace, there was little choice but to replace tears with an undeniably fine madness, laced with mirth and mourning. With that remedy, The News Brothers were born... Two of the last great newspapermen, Tim Ghianni and Rob Dollar, take readers back to the days when newspapers actually mattered in America... When journalism was all about making a difference, not making huge profits at the expense of the reader... When reporters and editors searched for the truth, wherever it took them and at whatever cost. This book is a story about their love for newspapers... What went wrong... And why. It's also about those two long ago murders that continue to haunt them to this day. Their story is dark. It's funny. It's honest. It's brutal. But, most of all, it's the truth-and in the end, that's all that really matters to two old newspapermen who never backed down.</p>

Ghianni, Tim

Professionals & Academics

Ideas Into Books: Westview

IN THE EARLY 1980S, the citizens of Clarksville, Tennessee, were traumatized by the unrelated disappearances and random murders of two All-American teenagers, whose bodies were found within 24 hours of each other in the most shocking and mind-numbing of circumstances imaginable. Having a job to do, but emotionally affected by the double tragedy, reporters and editors at the city's daily newspaper wrestled with their sanity while they pursued for their readers a trail of never-ending stories about the darkest underside of the human spirit. In seeking solace, there was little choice but to replace tears with an undeniably fine madness, laced with mirth and mourning. With that remedy, The News Brothers were born... Two of the last great newspapermen, Tim Ghianni and Rob Dollar, take readers back to the days when newspapers actually mattered in America... When journalism was all about making a difference, not making huge profits at the expense of the reader... When reporters and editors searched for the truth, wherever it took them and at whatever cost. This book is a story about their love for newspapers... What went wrong... And why. It's also about those two long ago murders that continue to haunt them to this day. Their story is dark. It's funny. It's honest. It's brutal. But, most of all, it's the truth-and in the end, that's all that really matters to two old newspapermen who never backed down.

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Father of the Falcons: Coach P's Military Brats & 'The Game of Life'

When Newspapers Mattered: The News Brothers & Their Shades of Glory

When Newspapers Mattered: The News Brothers & Their Shades of Glory