Category Archives: Boots’ biography

Boots Gains Recognition

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser received some nice recognition over this weekend in several ways. Many people stopped by the Winchester Book Gallery on Saturday to purchase a signed copy and to talk some baseball. Three different people were proud … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Errata

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

No matter how many times you (or the editor) proofread a manuscript, there is always a mistake or ten in a finished book. The first mistake has turned up in Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser. I misspelled the name of … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Boots Launch a Big Success

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

Thank you to everyone who made the launch of Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser such a big success. Joan and Jerry Knode were wonderful hosts providing an array of refreshments (still marveling at the banana bread, Joan!) and more importantly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

The Launch Is About to Launch and One Other Tidbit

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

There seems to be a great deal of excitement building in Williamsport for the launch of Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser. That is rewarding and humbling at the same time! Just as a reminder, the launch will be held this … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

“Boots” Will Launch on July 27th

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

We are just about at the end of a process that began in January of 2012. The official launch of Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser will take place on Sunday afternoon, July 27th at the Williamsport Town Museum in the Springfield … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Boots Book is Rounding Third and Heading Home

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

The good folks at Summer Game Books designed a wonderful cover for Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hell-Raiser, which appears at left. Designing a cover is an interesting process. I had a pretty clear idea of what I thought it should … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | 8 Comments

Boots Poffenberger in the Movies??

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

One of the many fascinating facts about Boots Poffenberger, who served a three-year hitch in the Marine Corps during WWII, is that he appeared on a U. S. M. C. recruiting poster along about 1947 or 1948. That fascinating fact … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Boots Biography To Be Published

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Austin Gisriel

I am happy to announce that the biography of Williamsport’s own Boots Poffenberger on which I have been working for two years will be published by Summer Game Books, with a scheduled release date of some time this summer. Boots … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Rub-a-dub-dub, I’m Done With the Tub . . .

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Austin Gisriel

. . . of Boots Poffenberger material that is. It’s taken me five months, but I’ve read virtually every clipping that fill scrapbooks and manila envelopes, that in turn fill a storage tub, about the life and career of one … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography, Writing | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

One Scrapbook Down

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Austin Gisriel

It took more than three weeks and resulted in over 60 pages of notes, but I finally made it through the first Boots Poffenberger scrapbook. The largest in the collection at 197 pages, this book chronicles Boots’ career from 1937-1940 … Continue reading →

Posted in Boots' biography | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment