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You can’t separate football from the man. The game gave him everything and “Bullet Bill” Dudley said as much. But you can separate the man from football. As a husband, father, businessman and citizen, he put far more into this world than he took out. Three years before Bill died, he asked his son-in-law Steve Stinson to write his story. William McGarvey "Bullet Bill" Dudley (December 24, 1921 – February 4, 2010) led a thrilling career as a professional American football player in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins. With humble beginnings in Bluefield, Virginia he made the football team his junior year, and in 1938 he kicked a 35-yard field goal in the season's finale. Dudley was drafted in the 1942 NFL Draft with the first overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. During the 1942 season, he led the league in rushing with 696 yards on 162 carries and was then named to the All-Pro team. Steve Stinson revisits his father-in-law’s journey from Bluefield, Virginia through his retirement from the NFL and shares everything he brought to communities in between each pivotal moment in Dudley’s life.

Whit the little ballerina gets a new pair of dancing shoes, but they are ten times too large. She wishes for her feet to match her shoes and wakes up with feet that are ten times too large. Trouble ensues until Whit remembers she has one more wish to use.

Come into the uncommon world of Steve Stinson and meet a world of uncommon characters: Lonely Fred, Runnin' Ray, Fretful Jack, Sam & Pam, and many more. Written in light verse, each poem is illusttrated. An early reader for children.

Square Heart is a story told entirely in pictures, sort of a silent movie in print. It is for anyone who has tried on more than one heart, only to keep looking. It is the story of a young woman who finds herself in search of a matching heart. Her journey takes her through a series of locales, all welcoming, but none fruitful. Lonely and weary, she abandons the search, only to look up and see that a matching heart has found her. Square Heart is a gift book. It could be thought of as a long-form valentine.

When chance forces Owen the Seal from his comfortable world at the zoo, he is confronted with his greatest fear - the ocean. He must survive at the shore for thirty days until the zoo truck returns to pick him up. With the aid of a clever little bird who befriends him, Owen discovers he has the wits and skills to thrive as an ocean seal. On the day his greatest challenge looms, Owen rises to his better self and saves his new friend from certain death. When the zoo truck returns, Owen must decide between a life of security and dependence at the zoo or a life of uncertainty, self-reliance, and independence at the shore. When he makes his choice, Owen completes the classic hero's journey of self-discovery.

When Trippy's cousins Fen and Beau take off running, Trippy sets out to catch up. He is launched into a series of misadventures. He rides his wagon over a cliff, lands in a lake, paddles toward a waterfall, turns his blanket into a parachute, and on and on. Illustrated in full-spread, colorful, cartoons.

The Hunt for Smitty tells the story of 15 cousins who set out in a boat to capture a mysterious lake monster. By the end of the day, they've had the adventure of a lifetiime and they've made a new friend. Illustrated in lively colors.

You can’t separate football from the man. The game gave him everything and “Bullet Bill” Dudley said as much. But you can separate the man from football. As a husband, father, businessman and citizen, he put far more into this world than he took out. Three years before Bill died, he asked his son-in-law Steve Stinson to write his story. William McGarvey "Bullet Bill" Dudley (December 24, 1921 – February 4, 2010) led a thrilling career as a professional American football player in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins. With humble beginnings in Bluefield, Virginia he made the football team his junior year, and in 1938 he kicked a 35-yard field goal in the season's finale. Dudley was drafted in the 1942 NFL Draft with the first overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. During the 1942 season, he led the league in rushing with 696 yards on 162 carries and was then named to the All-Pro team. Steve Stinson revisits his father-in-law’s journey from Bluefield, Virginia through his retirement from the NFL and shares everything he brought to communities in between each pivotal moment in Dudley’s life.