Books with author Mr Jon Sterngass

For a decade, middle linebacker Brian Urlacher has been the symbol of the Chicago Bears football team. Urlacher led his small-town high school to a state championship and then led the nation in tackles at the University of New Mexico. Chosen by the Chicago Bears as the ninth pick in the NFL draft in 2000, he surprised everyone by winning Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. Since then, Urlacher has become one of the most popular players in the NFL. He helped lead the Bears to the playoffs several times, in addition to Super Bowl XLI in 2007. He has won several Defensive Player-of-the-Year awards and ESPN named him to their All-Decade team in 2009. In this new biography, learn about Urlacher's troubled upbringing and his team spirit, plus how he leads his life both on and off the field.

His very name once struck terror in the ranchers, farmers, and other settlers of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. When Geronimo escaped the reservation in 1886, it took 8,000 Mexican and American soldiers five months to capture his tiny band of 38 fleeing Apache. Then, the United States government held Geronimo and all his people as prisoners of war for 27 years. Yet in 2009, on the 100th anniversary of his death, Geronimo was honored by the U.S. House of Representatives in Resolution 132. They praised "his extraordinary bravery, and his commitment to the defense of his homeland, his people, and Apache ways of life." In 100 years, Geronimo's image has been transformed from a bloodthirsty savage to a courageous symbol of resistance. This new biography explores this brave man's life, his stand against the U.S. government, and his legend that lives on today.