Every so often, old letters resurface to narrate the story of someone dear. Our Mother saved everything, and to her forethinking, this memoir remembers the amazing sphere of influence of Joe Cooper, my father. First-person and other eyewitness accounts attest to one man’s legendary influence on amateur athletics. From the Great Depression to WWII, and the Third Millennium, hustle and enthusiasm defined Joe’s zeal to ‘make it in the Big Leagues.’ To that end, he settled for second-best: Teaching the Boomers and their descendants how to win and lose at life to the fullest.
Every so often, old letters resurface to narrate the story of someone dear. Our Mother saved everything, and to her forethinking, this memoir remembers the amazing sphere of influence of Joe Cooper, my father. First-person and other eyewitness accounts attest to one man’s legendary influence on amateur athletics. From the Great Depression to WWII, and the Third Millennium, hustle and enthusiasm defined Joe’s zeal to ‘make it in the Big Leagues.’ To that end, he settled for second-best: Teaching the Boomers and their descendants how to win and lose at life to the fullest.