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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed...
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A first-person account of an Italian-American father and son who take two weeks to travel, by bicycle, to the small town in Italy, San Donato, from which their great-grandfather emigrated early in the 20th century. In San Donato they explore the role their ancestral village--and their family--played in protecting Jews during World War II. Illustrated with a 16-page photo insert and one map"--
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"...ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee enlists the help of his father and brothers to tell the story of a life lived in black and white. McGee traces his father's 36-year career, from a small college game in 1973 in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a few hundred fans to the 2009 BCS Championship Game with 27 million... Sidelines and Bloodlines isn't just about college football, officiating, or even funny stories from the road. It is about fathers and...
16) My father's business: the small-town values that built dollar general into a billion-dollar company
Author
Publisher
Center Street, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With a dispassionate but tender eye, Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys--and of adolescence itself, observed and remembered." --Michael Chabon. What makes a good father, and what makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and trouble? Kickflip Boysis the story of a father's struggle to understand his willful skateboarder...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In February 2015, Ivan Maisel received a call that would alter his life forever: his son Max's car was found abandoned in a parking next to Lake Ontario. Two months later, Max's body would be found in the lake. I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye is the story of Maisel's love for a son who was so different from him, but who he loved so deeply, and how he came to learn that grief for Max was nothing more than a last, ultimate expression of love. Navigating...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - a book that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers. Tom Brady's father is an estate planner. Jim Harbaugh's father had a long career as a college coach. Archie Manning played fourteen years in the NFL and never made the playoffs, but his sons Peyton and Eli won a combined four Super Bowls....
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