Talk Football
by Alice Nicholas
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ISBN 13:978-0-9795187-0-6
Softcover
112 pages, 5 X 8
Watercolors by Janie Davis
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"[Talk
Football] is a great asset to anyone trying
to learn the game."
--Bonita Favre
Mother of Quarterback
Brett Favre |
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"You're not raising boys,
you're raising men." |
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About
the Book
TALK
FOOTBALL is the “go-to” football book for beginners.
This purse-sized paperback includes ten brief chapters,
a gridiron glossary and beautiful watercolor
illustrations that explains the game clearly and
concisely.
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The
Clarion-Ledger – “[Talk Football] has the
potential to bridge a lot of gaps between
husband and wives and also moms and their
sons.”
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Mississippi Magazine - “Talk
Football makes tackling the dynamics of the
game easy.”
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Daily
Journal - “Talk Football is a nice back-up
for personal reference or for parents who
aren’t sports-oriented.”
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MOMSPACE.COM – “If you want to
better understand the game of football, THIS
IS A MUST-READ. ”
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The
Mississippi Press – “How many times
have you been to a game and had to ask,
“What was that for?” or “What does that
mean?” [Talk Football] is a book you can
stick in your purse and reference with all
your friends.”
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Delta
Magazine - “Talk Football is one of
the TOP TEN gifts to buy for Christmas.”
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About the Author
Alice
Nicholas is a football enthusiast, devoted wife and
mother. She attributes to her father and husband her
initial interest in football, but credits her three sons
for giving her the desire to learn the fundamentals of
the game and its language and to write a simple book
that a novice can understand and enjoy. She and her
husband reside on their family farm outside of Jackson,
Mississippi.
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The Buzz on Talk Football
Bubby Brister, 15 year NFL
veteran quarterback and two-time Super Bowl
winner, endorsed Talk Football and
offered copies for the mothers whose sons
attended his Quarterback and Skill Players Camp
in Mississippi, Louisiana and Colorado.
Mississippi State University’s Athletic
Department gave Talk Football to
everyone attending the Ladies Football Clinic
with Deanna Favre.
NFL first-round draft choice Michael Oher’s alma
mater, Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis,
Tennessee, used Talk Football for their
high school football moms’ class.
Deno Campbell, Senior Manager with USA Football
in Vienna, Virginia, told Nicholas Talk
Football is a “great little book” and asked
when she was going to write Volume II.
John Ed Bradley, writer for Sports
Illustrated and author of seven novels, the
last published by ESPN, It Never Rains in
Tiger Stadium, told Nicholas that both he
and his wife enjoyed reading Talk Football
and that it is beautifully done.
Attendees at The University of Mississippi
Ladies Football Forum under Coach Houston Nutt
received a copy of Talk Football. |
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