Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo died of cancer at the age of 26, leaving behind a wife, three daughters, a host of friends -- and a legend. During his illness, Jeannie Morris, who was the wife of one of Brian's Chicago Bears team-mates, sought to occupy the young ballplayer by asking him to tell his life story into a tape recorder. Brian readily agreed, and despite his pain, he wittily recounted the trials of his courtship of a pretty young nurse named Joy Murrath, a college career that saw him graduating from Wake Forest University as the nation's leading rusher only to go undrafted by the national Football League, and his struggle to prove himself as a free agent with the Bears. When Brian died, his wife asked, Jeannie, will you finish Brian's book?. The indomitable spirit of Brian himself was motive enough for Jeannie Morris to complete the task -- and here it is.… (lisätietoja)
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Man was born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this is the final end. But we must, dear Fox, deny it all along the way. --Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again
Omistuskirjoitus
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
To Joy, and to Lori, Traci, and Kristi To Grace, Herb, and Carol To Iren and Joe, and to Big Ed To Dan and Mayo, Magic and Ralphie, and all the guys And to George S. Halas May all your troubles be piccolo
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Prologue: Can you believe it, Joy? Can you believe this shit?
On the Saturday evening before the Bear-Falcon game, Grace was putting the finishing touches on some of Brian's favorite dishes: baked eggplant and lasagne and, as always, honey cookies.
Sitaatit
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
It's not an easy fight, and it's not a short fight. It'll take time - but hell, I've got lots of time. --Brian Piccolo, May, 1970.
Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo died of cancer at the age of 26, leaving behind a wife, three daughters, a host of friends -- and a legend. During his illness, Jeannie Morris, who was the wife of one of Brian's Chicago Bears team-mates, sought to occupy the young ballplayer by asking him to tell his life story into a tape recorder. Brian readily agreed, and despite his pain, he wittily recounted the trials of his courtship of a pretty young nurse named Joy Murrath, a college career that saw him graduating from Wake Forest University as the nation's leading rusher only to go undrafted by the national Football League, and his struggle to prove himself as a free agent with the Bears. When Brian died, his wife asked, Jeannie, will you finish Brian's book?. The indomitable spirit of Brian himself was motive enough for Jeannie Morris to complete the task -- and here it is.
...meh ( )