Böcker av Tony Byram

The Legendary Aubrey Durrell is a book about a young man who grew up in Empire, Georgia, a small community in central Georgia. While Empire is a real place, it is vastly different from the place described in this book. It is a very small community with no more than 400 residents and one lonely caution light that lets you know you are there. At one time, many years ago, Empire had its own school, as did other communities such as Union Hill, Roddy, Chester, Chauncey, and other communities about the same size as Empire, and it was this thought that what if those communities had developed differently and still had their schools today. This story tells how life would have been through the eyes of Aubrey Durrell, a talented young athlete and musician who loves his hometown and takes the values of hard work, faith, and loyalty to family and friends with him wherever he goes in his life. The story follows the life of Aubrey and his teammates, who fight for athletic supremacy with other small communities-especially Union Hill, their biggest rival. We follow him through his college career and his marriage to a girl he met in college. Along the way, he falls in love with his high school sweetheart, who ends up breaking his heart, and deals with life's struggles and temptations, all while staying true to the values taught by his parents in Empire, Georgia.Tony Byram was raised in the small community of Empire, Georgia, in the 1970s and left in the fall of 1979 to attend college at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Upon graduating from Mercer in 1983, he began a teaching and coaching career that lasted for 36 years. He was a successful high school football and baseball coach for three different high schools in Georgia. No matter where he worked or lived, he never forgot the values of hard work and honesty that were instilled in him in Empire.He is married and is the father of two grown children and a proud grandfather to one, so far. It is his sincerest hope that by writing 'EMPIRE KNIGHTS: THE LEGENDARY AUBREY DURRELL' he can relate to small towns everywhere and pay tribute to his own upbringing and sense of belonging to someplace special.

I THINK ANYONE WHO HAS EVER PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SUIT UP JUST ONE MORE TIME AND IN A WAY THIS GIVES MY GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS IMAGINARY SEASON THAT UNFOLDS. FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPLATE THAT IS USED TO RANK THE TEAMS IS ADJUSTABLE TO ANY TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND COULD BE USED FOR OTHER FANS OR COACHES TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS. EVEN THOUGH THE ACTION IS IMAGINARY AND REGIONAL, I FEEL AS THOUGH FOOTBALL FANS CAN FIND SOMEONE OR SOME TEAM THAT THEY WILL IDENTIFY WITH IN THIS BOOK AND THEY WILL PULL FOR THEIR FAVORITE TEAM AS IF IT WERE REALLY HAPPENING.THIS BOOK IS MY OFFERING TO ALL FANS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BUT ESPECIALLY TO ALL FORMER PLAYERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO LOVE AND MISS THE GAME THEY PROBABLY PLAYED SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG KIDS IN RECREATION LEAGUES.ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PUTTING THE FOOTBALL SEASON IN DOUBT THIS WILL OFFER FANS A CHANCE TO READ ABOUT FOOTBALL COMPETITION AT A HIGH LEVEL AND CAN GET THEM THROUGH UNTIL THE REAL THING IS BACK AT FULL STRENGTH.AMERICANS LOVE FOOTBALL AND THIS BOOK IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THAT DESIRE FOR GRIDIRON ACTION.