Ray Grasshoff: 2 books

In 1854, Wilhelm F. Kempe, 26, and his sister Auguste, 20, left their native Kingdom of Saxony in Europe for a new home in Texas. Remaining in Saxony were their aging, widowed father and a 10-year-old sister and an 8-year-old brother. Their letters to Wilhelm tell, often painfully, of the emotional toll this disruption took on the lives of family and friends who remained in the Fatherland.

Every year, a new class of high school football players and their parents begin to ask questions about playing at the next level. They want to know what college coaches are looking for in prospective recruits, how those college coaches identify and recruit those prospects, and how to get and keep those coaches' attention. The answers to these and other questions are here.