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    Whitaker Family Brood

    ByTom Knuppel August 2, 2021

    Edith Eugenia (Whitaker) Meeker was born in 1900 and attended school in the Manito/Forest City area. She married Sam Meeker October 6, 1920. She supported her husband in his farming endeavor and was a loving and devoted wife and mother.

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    “1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK”

    ByTom Knuppel June 9, 2021February 22, 2026

    The primary source of entertainment came from the fact that it was led by a handsome president and a young attractive First Lady in John and Jacqueline Kennedy and their illusion of Camelot.

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    Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood

    ByTom Knuppel April 20, 2021February 22, 2026

    This book by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan is a delightful book and an incredibly detailed book. The title gives you a hint of one thing throughout the career of Dave Parker and that is “brotherhood” was an important element of his success in baseball. The book starts with a glimpse into the life of…

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    The Great Football Conspiracy – Review

    ByTom Knuppel April 6, 2021February 22, 2026

    One thing is for sure. Author Jonathan Last knows how to put a sentence together that is clear and concise.

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    The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

    ByTom Knuppel February 25, 2021February 22, 2026

    Have you ever heard baseball announcers or taking heads say they are playing it by the book? The Book by Tom Tango, Michael Lichtman and Andrew Dolphin will give insight into those details. Also, the book is an extension of Bill James Baseball Abstract and goes further with understanding of the revolution the the game…

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    PHOG: The Most Influential Man in Basketball

    ByTom Knuppel February 2, 2021February 22, 2026

    He worked with his players without the ball at practice which was unusual for the time.

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    The Point After by Sean Conley

    ByTom Knuppel December 28, 2020February 22, 2026

    Sean Conley is a yoga teacher in Pittsburgh with almost 20 years of experience. He played three years in the NFL before hanging up his cleats. He is the author of the book: The Point After.

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    English Royalty

    ByTom Knuppel November 28, 2020February 26, 2020

    Finding Family on Friday   The Chichester Family of England   How did we get here?  This is not from the Knuppel line but from my mothers as her maiden name was Sawrey. Her grandmother was a Virginia “Jennie” Hensley.  It was John Hensley, my 12th great grandfather,  that married Margaret Chichester. This is her…

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    Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline and The Will to Win

    ByTom Knuppel November 10, 2020February 22, 2026

    John Willkom grew up in small town Wisconsin and from the start was a star basketball player in his area of more small towns.

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    Memoir of a Hockey Nobody

    ByTom Knuppel October 21, 2020February 22, 2026

    “THEY SAID I COULDN’T MAKE THE NHL, SO I WENT OUT AND PROVED THEM RIGHT”     Hockey was his life and the author of this book, Jerry “Teabag” Hack states in the Foreword that it has likely been 40 years since he wrote a paragraph. That may be true but now he can add…

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