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What People are Saying
About
Sweet
Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe
I thought I knew basketball
history. Boy, was I wrong. Bell's passion for high school sports
is unparalleled.
-- Steve Tucker, sports columnist, Chicago Sun-Times (10/1/2004)
Nothing stirs the pulse of fans
in March like a state basketball tournament, and Bell, who has
seen every boys tourney in Illinois since 1958, did a
remarkable job capturing that electric atmosphere in this
wonderful book.
-- Bob Frisk, sports editor, Daily Herald (9/24/2004)
Illinois needed someone to step
in and write the bible to its historic tradition. If basketball
in Indiana and NYC was worthy of someone authoring a book,
Illinois surely was. Finally, there's a book published to tell
of that history.
-- Scott Powers, Illinois Hoops
If you want to get excited
about the rapidly approaching season, or if you've been
yearning for a definitive story of the game, this book more
than fills the bill.
-- Nick Vlahos, sports writer, Peoria Journal Star
(11/10/2004)
As
you page through Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie and Bobby Joe,
the latest book chronicling Illinois high school basketball,
there will be one nugget you never find.
That's the number of miles author Taylor Bell drove as he toured
the state, spending time in every high school basketball haven
and exploring the backroads that led to the untold or forgotten
stories.
His gas bill undoubtedly reached totals that would make bean
counters cringe, but the journey and the final product make the
cost inconsequential.
-- Matt
Schuckman, Quincy Herald Whig (12/4/2004) |