Book Tour - Lois Herr's "Dear Coach"
3:03 AM Posted by MAC

Sand Tarts
One of Lois Herr's Favorite Recipes
1/2 Cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg white
blanched almonds
1 tablespoon sugar
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, egg, and flour mixed and sifted with baking
powder. Chill, roll 1/8 inch thick (or as thin as possible), and shape with doughnut cutter or other cookie cutter. Brush over with egg white and sprinkle with sugar mixed with cinnamon. Split almonds and arrange 3 halves on each cookie at equal distances. Place on buttered sheet and bake 8 minutes in moderately slow oven (325 degrees F.).
Recipe used by my mother Kathryn N. Herr, taken from The Boston Cooking School Cookbook by Fannie Merritt Farmer, published by Little, Brown, and Company in 1936.
Team Talk with Lois
Herr, author of Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII
From 1932 to 1949, my father, Elizabethtown College coach Ira Herr, was a one-man Physical Education and Athletics Department, coaching basketball for men and women, baseball, tennis, soccer, and cross-country.
Working at a small private-arts college in Pennsylvania his years of multi-sports coaching allowed him to often coach the same group of athletes from one sports season to the next. As you can imagine, he formed a very close bond to his athletes and they often looked to him for guidance, leadership and even
friendship. When many of these athletes began heading off to serve in WWII they looked to my father as a link to the life they once knew.
As their world began turning upside down, Dad wrote to them to keep them informed of what was going on with their friends, families and school. This strong connection kept many a man blindly heading into this future linked closely and comfortably with his past.
In Dear Coach: Letters Home from WWII http://loisherr.com/ I’ve compiled together a variety of the letters mom and I stumbled across in the attic written to dad, with pictures, scrapbook clippings, newspaper articles and a wide variety of historical information from the time to paint a picture of what life must have been like for these small-town college men and women as not only their country went into war, but so did their friends and family.
I hope you have as enlightening of a time reading Dear Coach as I did writing it. Follow the rest of
Lois Herr’s virtual book tour by stopping by her official blog to see where she’s headed next http://dearcoachlettershome.blogspot.com/
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"This book is made up of 3 individual stories. All three are short reads and other than the setting, which is Mexico, all three are completely different."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"You'll follow Logan as she tramples through kudzu, goes to her first Testicle Festival, rents a room from a woman who runs around at night in the nude and connects with a wolf. You will also follow her as she gets her man, or should I say men."
(Martha A. Cheves)
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(Martha A. Cheves)
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(Martha A. Cheves)
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(Martha A. Cheves)
"After reading Breaking My Silence I saw Jane as a strong person who was determined to do whatever was needed to get her children back into her life and to do whatever it took to make her life as complete as possible without the prostitution. This was one of the most informative books I've ever read about a subject that is normally kept behind closed doors."
(Martha A. Cheves)
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While reading Genesis Beach I found myself not wanting to put it down. Each page had a piece of evidence that would help me solve the mystery before Logan. I really thought I had pin-pointed the murderer. Boy was I in for a shock."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"I've enjoyed reading this book. It's a cross between a "fiction" and a "true crime." So if you enjoy either genre you will enjoy A Study in Red. Do keep in mind that this book is very descriptive."
(Martha A. Cheves)
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(Martha A. Cheves)
"This has been a really enjoyable book.
I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good mystery. Beth, don't change your way of writing! I've really enjoyed reading Basket Case and will be reading more of Beth's books."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"I feel this is a wonderfully written book that would be helpful not just for young people who are overweight but also for those who look at a person, no matter the age, call them names, shun them and refuse to accept them as they are."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"Bertha Speaks Out is a very enjoyable book to read. Bertha finds herself in positions that will make you laugh and cry. You will feel her pain but also feel her pride when she stands up for what is right. It’s a must read for children as well as adults.
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(Martha A. Cheves)
"Read Thicker than Water and ask yourself these questions. Did the wife make the right choice? Was her decision worth 15 years of her family’s life? Would you have made the same decision?
I highly recommend Thicker than Water. As I said, it was a joy to read."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"As I read I kept asking myself “Who would put out a hit on David and why?” “Who are The Chosen Few and what do they have to do with David?” “Will Max get to David before it’s too late?” You will have to read The Chosen Few yourself to find the answers to these questions."
(Martha A. Cheves)
"This book has taught me that life is like a chain. Everyone we meet becomes a link in our chain. Some links may be weak, but the strong ones keep the chain from breaking. And as memories and secrets are shared with those strong links, they become even stronger."
(Martha A. Cheves)

I'm from Georgia, moved to North Carolina by way of Florida. I've been in Charlotte for 14 years and love it. The recipes in my book Stir, Laugh, Repeat are all tested by "Food Testers" of which I now have 24. They try a dish and rate it from 1-10 with only those scoring at least an 8 making the book. My website is a holding place for my 2nd book Stir, Laugh, Repeat... Again. Please visit my site to find new recipes and tips. All recipes are easy, using common ingredients and according to my testers, great!
November 9, 2009 3:23 PM
The book sounds great. With the world as it is today, we all need to understand the feelings of our men and women who are defending our freedom and country. And what better way to do that than to read their letters.
Martha
May 23, 2010 10:22 PM
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