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GORDON PARKS
Books and sites about Gordon Parks:
gordonparksfoundation.com
Gordon wanted this group to remember and make his work available to the public. Educating others about his pioneering spirit is its highest priority.
gordonparkscenter.org
Fort Scott Kansas Community College in Gordon’s hometown sponsors an annual Celebration of Culture and Diversity the first week of October. Gordon attended the first celebration in 2003.
Gordon Parks: No Excuses written by Ann Parr. Gordon Parks almost died many times during his life, but he fought back and lived. He didn’t let his black skin or his lack of education stop him from becoming famous over and over again.
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks, a DVD produced by Home Box Office in 2006.
Half Past Autumn, a retrospective exhibit of Gordon’s works, traveled major museums throughout the U.S. from 1998 through 2005. This DVD explains the exhibit along with interviews with Gordon, his family and friends. Order
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Gordon Parks: Born Black written by Gordon Parks and published by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1971.
A collection of essays commissioned by Life magazine accompanied by Gordon’s photographs. Order |
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12 Million Black Voices by Richard Wright and published by Publishers Group West in 1941.
Wright was Gordon’s favorite author and writing mentor. This book traces the plight, pain, and struggle of Negroes coming to the U.S. Order |
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Gordon Parks by Midge Turk, published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company in 1971.
Gordon liked this children’s book by his personal friend, Midge Turk, an editor at Glamour magazine. They met when she was assigned a story for which he took the photographs. Order
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Eyes with Winged Thoughts by Gordon Parks, published by Simon & Schuster in 2005.
This is Gordon’s last book of poetry, published the month of his ninety-third birthday. Order |
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A Hungry Heart by Gordon Parks, published by Simon & Schuster in 2005.
The last of four autobiographical books by Gordon, this is a heartfelt account of how he saw his life unfold. Order |
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Voices in the Mirror by Gordon Parks, published by Doubleday in 1990.
Gordon gives a powerful personal account of his life to age 78. Order |
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Choice of Weapons by Gordon Parks, published by Harper & Row in 1965.
His first autobiographical work, Gordon tells about his choice of a camera as a weapon to fight against a world of pain and anger. Order |
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TEX WINTER
Recommended books and sites about Tex Winter:
nba.com/bulls/
nba.com/lakers/
Coach Tex Winter: Triangle Basketball by Ann Parr. Coach Tex Winter is a famous basketball coach. He coached longer than any other coach – more than sixty-one years, and he’s still coaching! His ideas helped the Chicago Bulls win six National NBA Championship and the Los Angeles Lakers win three National NBA Championships.
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Triple Post Offense by Tex Winter, published by Fever River Productions in 1968.
Tex shares his entire theory and diagrams about his famous Triple Post Offense that won NBA national championships for the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Order |
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Trial by Basketball by Mark Bender, published by Addax in 2002.
Mark tracks Tex’s coaching career season by season in this biographical book. Order |
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More Than a Game by Phil Jackson and Charley Rosen, published by Atria in 2002.
A biographical sketch of Phil, this book becomes a tribute to Tex and his Triangle Offense. Phil concludes that its success is convincing players to sacrifice personal status for the greater success of the team. Order |
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The Last Season by Phil Jackson and Michael Arkush, published by Penguin in 2005.
Coach Jackson uncovers problems with the talented 2003-04 Lakers team. By the end of the season, player egos had eroded team spirit and led to a form of self-defeat. Order
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SECRET SERVICE
I’m writing a book about Jerry Parr, secret service agent with President Reagan the day John Hinckley tried to kill President Reagan.
Books and sites about President Reagan
and the Secret Service:
channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/secretservice/
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National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service
This DVD shows Secret Service agents in action, protecting the president, setting up advances for the president’s travel, and doing ongoing training to keep their minds focused and their skills sharp. Order |
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The President Has Been Shot! True Stories of the Attacks on Ten U.S. Presidents by Rebecca C. Jones, published by Puffin Books in 1996.
Rebecca Jones, an admirer of Abraham Lincoln’s, was always struck with the tragedy of his death and how it changed the country. After President Kenney’s death, she became interested in the stories of other presidents’ assassinations. Here are the details of attacks on ten presidents. Order |
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“The President Has Been Shot” Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment in the Aftermath of the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan written by Herbert L. Abrams, published by W.W. Norton and Company in 1992.
The 25th Amendment to the Constitution is about who is in power when a president is disabled. The first opportunity to invoke those provisions was March 1981 when President Reagan was attacked. Order |
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Secret Service by Mark Beyer, published by Scholastic-Rosen Book Works in 2003.
This is a book in a series called Top Secret, outlining how secret service agents fight counterfeiters as well as assassins, do their training, provide protection at the Olympics, and protect foreign dignitaries. Order |
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