Hometown Legend
2001
First Published
3.84
Average Rating
320
Number of Pages
Athens City, Alabama, is a town that lost its heart the day the high school football team lost the state championship and suffered a tragedy. The town that once enjoyed superstar status has fallen on hard times. Now, years later, the former coach returns to head up one final season aided by a local who tells the story with a fresh voice.
Avg Rating
3.84
Number of Ratings
389
5 STARS
28%
4 STARS
39%
3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Jerry Jenkins
Author · 137 books
Jerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as the writer of the Left Behind series of books for Tim LaHaye and The Chosen novels to accompany his son Dallas' TV series. Jenkins has written more than 200 books, including mysteries, historical fiction, biblical fiction, cop thrillers, international spy thrillers, and children's adventures, as well as nonfiction. His works usually feature Christians as protagonists. In 2005, Jenkins and LaHaye ranked 9th in Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary list of Hall of Fame authors based on books sold at Amazon.com during its first 10 years. Jenkins now teaches writers to become authors here at his website. He and his wife Dianna have three sons and eight grandchildren.
