Abstract Books Monthly Newsletter
Volume I No. 1
August 2024
Welcome to the first issue of our monthly newsletter! The goal is to put you in touch with books you may not (yet) know about.
New Business
University of Notre Dame/Notre Dame Press just published (August 2024) “Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend—The Authorized Biography of Coach Ara Parseghian” by Mark O. Hubbard with a foreword by Rocky Bleier
Several Paris 2024 Olympic athletes have Notre Dame connections, including Team USA & Notre Dame swimmer, Chris Guiliano; Notre Dame grad Yared Nuguse, who competed in the 1500m run, and Jewell Loyd & Jackie Young (Princeton, IN) who both attended Notre Dame and are on the U.S. women's basketball team.
More Olympic athletes with Indiana connections:
- Matt Anderson, Zionsville, men's volleyball
- Sarah Bacon, Indianapolis native & Cardinal Ritter High School grad, 3m springboard diving
- Andrew Capobianco, Indiana University (IU) grad, 3m springboard diving
- Annie Drews, Muncie native from Elkhart who attended Purdue University, is on the U.S. women's volleyball team
- Chloé Dygert, Brownsburg, multiple biking events on track & road courses
- Sarah Hildebrandt, Granger (St. Joseph County) native, women's freestyle 50kg wrestling
- Cole Hocker, Indianapolis native & Cathedral High School grad, 1500m run (Hocker won the gold with an Olympic-record time of 3:27.65)
- Piper Kelly, Indianapolis, women's speed climbing
- Jewell Loyd, who attended University of Notre Dame, is part of the U.S. women's basketball team
- Carson Tyler, Indiana University (IU) student, 3m springboard diving
- Daryn Wright, Plainfield resident & Purdue University student, women’s 10m platform diving
Congratulations to all for the hard work and dedication it takes to be an Olympic athlete!
Old(er) Business
Related books:
Notre Dame
"Notre Dame: Greatest Coaches Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz” by Moose Krause and Stephen Singular
"What It Means to Be Fighting Irish; Ara Parseghian and Notre Dame's Greatest Players" edited by Tim Prister
"Time Magazine Notre Dame Coach Parseghian, November 20, 1964, Vol. 84, No. 21" Alexander Roy, Editor
"Notre Dame Stadium: Notre Dame vs. Indiana, September 7, 1991" published by Skyline, Elkhart, 1991
"Irish Tenure: A Mystery Set at the University of Notre Dame" by Ralph McInerney
"Handbook of the Collections, Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame" published by Notre Dame University Press, Notre Dame, 1967)
"Notre Dame: One Hundred Years" by Arthur J. Hope, C.S.C.;published by University Press, Notre Dame, 1943
Cathedral High School
"Cathedral: Seventy-Five Years; "She's Still Dear Old Cathedral" by Bill Shover and James Obergfell
Cardinal Ritter
"Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter: His Life and Times" by Msgr. Nicholas A. Schneider; foreword Cardinal Justin Rigali
Elkhart, IN
"American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland" by Kristen Laine; published by Gotham Books, NY, 2007
"Centennial: The Elkhart Truth, 1889-1989: 100 Pages from our Past" published by Anthony J. Biggs
Zionsville, IN
"Rails to Trails, 150 Years of Zionsville, Indiana, History: A History of the Town of Zionsville from its founding in 1852 to 2002" researched and written by Joan Praed Lyons; privately printed 2001
"Dancing in the Alley: Poems for All Ages" by Donna A. Monday (named "Best Car Salesperson in Village of Zionsville); published by AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2010
We hope you enjoyed this brief introduction. Stay tuned for growing content in the coming months. Until then, Happy Reading!
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