HOMEBioFilm rights, Screenplays, Representation2021 Commentaries2020 CommentariesOLYMPIC AFFAIR: HITLER'S SIREN AND AMERICA'S HEROTHE WITCH'S SEASONTHIRD DOWN AND A WAR TO GOHORNS, HOGS, AND NIXON COMING'77: DENVER, THE BRONCOS, AND A COMING OF AGEMarch 1939: Before the MadnessPLAYING PIANO IN A BROTHELSave By RoyThey Call Me "Mr. De": The Story of Columbine's Heart, Resilience and RecoveryA Selection of Terry Frei's writing about World War II heroesOlympic Affair Excerpt: Chapter 1, Leni's VisitOlympic Affair Excerpt: Chapter 15, Aren't You Thomas Wolfe?The Witch's Season: Screenplay opening pagesThe Witch's Season Excerpt: Chapter 12Third Down and a War to Go: Screenplay opening pagesThird Down and a War to Go Excerpt: Ohio State vs. WisconsinThird Down and a War to Go genesis: Grateful for the Guard, Jerry FreiHorns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming: Prologue and screenplay opening pagesHorns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming Excerpt: James Street: Wishbone WizardHorns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming Subplot: The day they stopped playing Dixie'77 Excerpt: AFC Title GameMarch 1939 Excerpt: First NCAA Title GameMarch 1939, Excerpt: The StartersPlaying Piano Excerpt: S.F. EarthquakeAdditional Terry Frei Commentaries on WoodyPaige.comPress CredentialsThe Sporting NewsDenver PostESPN.comThe OregonianGreeley TribuneKids' sports books: The ClassicsJon Hassler, Terry Kay and other favorite novelistsBig Bill Ficke's Big HeartBob Bell's Food For Thought
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THIRD
DOWN AND A WAR TO GO (Foreword
by David Maraniss) "Third Down and a War to Go will put you in the huddle, in the front lines, and in a profound state
of gratitude -- not only to the Badgers and the hundreds of thousands of veterans like them, but to Terry Frei."
-- Neal
Rubin, Detroit News "Many times you hear athletes called heroes, their deeds and accomplishments
on the field or court are characterized as courageous. After reading Third Down and a War to Go, I am embarrassed
to have ever been thought of as brave or courageous. Enjoy this adventure in history, life, and in courage and take it from
a so-called ‘tough guy’...keep the hanky close by.” -- Dan Fouts, Hall of Fame quarterback "Terry Frei has captured the spirit of a different time in
this country, a time of faith in school and in country, a time of intense loyalty to teammate and fellow soldier. Third
Down and a War to Go tells the story of one University of Wisconsin football team during World War II. But
to limit the tale to that is like saying Angela's Ashes is about Ireland. This book brings to
life, in shades of black and blue and blood red, the idea that certain things are worth fighting for." --Rick
Morrissey, Chicago Tribune
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HORNS, HOGS, AND NIXON
COMING
"One
of the better -- and more readable -- books of social history published in recent years." -- Paul Greenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, Arkansas
Democrat Gazette
"A great story, well-told, with more
delicious details than a linebacker could handle." --David Hendricks, San Antonio Express-News "Frei
possesses the football expertise, an uncanny ability to buttonhook diverse personal anecdotes together and the appreciation
for history to best tell this remarkable tale." --John Moore, The Denver Post
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OLYMPIC AFFAIR (Fact-based novel) "Give a talented journalist
an engrossing storyline – especially a sports writer accustomed to the drama of games – and he will keep you mesmerized
by the who, what, where, when and why of the unfolding adventure. And so it is with Terry Frei’s Olympic Affair.
Set against the 1936 Berlin Olympics – remembered primarily for Jesse Owens’ four gold-medal performance and Adolf
Hitler’s disdain for him – Frei focuses on the decathlon champion, America’s Glenn Morris, and his affair
with the renowned German actress and Olympic film director, Leni Riefenstahl. It is, then, a compelling look at an historic
sporting event and a love/sex scandal cloaked in intrigue and danger. Frei’s style is reporter/novelist, cleanly balanced
between event and character, offering a panorama of human triumph saddened by failure." --Terry Kay, Townsend Prize and Southern Emmy winner, author of To
Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie
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MARCH 1939: BEFORE THE MADNESS "From humble beginnings, Oregon's ‘Tall Firs’ became the best basketball team in
the country, helping to break the New York monopoly on an increasingly national game, and the NCAA tournament became an unstoppable
financial juggernaut. Once again, Terry Frei has vividly captured a pivotal moment in history, for the world of college basketball
and for a world about to go to war. The exploits on the court are enthralling not only for their drama, but held up for comparison
against what the tournament has become today—as well as the danger lurking only a few years away." --
Luke DeCock, sports columnist, Raleigh News & Observer
"Few writers are able to put sports into real-world
context like Terry Frei. Reading March 1939 is
like crossing ESPN with the History Channel. Frei brings the '39 Oregon Webfoots to life and takes us inside their victory
in the first NCAA basketball tournament -- played as Germany and Japan marched the world (including a hesitant United States)
to the brink of war." --Steve
Luhm, Salt Lake Tribune
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'77: DENVER, THE BRONCOS,
AND A COMING OF AGE "The games, the politics and the culture with which Frei deals here unfolded 30 years ago, but they're
brought to life again in this book with a clarity and a luster that makes the story of Denver and the Broncos seem as fresh
as the upcoming football season. It's a rite-of-passage tale for a city and a team as they reach and pass the cusp of the
'Big Time' in tandem. Would one have happened without the other? Maybe. But Denver and its football team grew up hand-in-hand
during this extraordinary season, making this history a must-read for fans of the NFL, of the 1970s and of the American West.
You didn't have to live through it in Denver to appreciate this account of the flowering of a franchise and its love affair
with a town, but this book takes those of us who did straight back to those thrilling days of yesteryear in unforgettable
fashion. Frei has written Denver's version of `Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning.'" -- Michael Knisley, Senior Deputy
Editor, ESPN.com
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THE WITCH'S SEASON (Novel) “Events carry the story forward swiftly, and that alone would make it a good read. But Frei has a larger point
to make. It’s during times of upheaval, when the very foundations of normalcy are being shaken, that personal courage,
honor and the willingness to stand fast on principle matter most. All of the central characters in Frei’s story will
have to decide whether to make that stand, and if so, how to make it. Frei has written three nonfiction books, most notably
Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming. This book proves he can write fiction too.” —Ken Goe, Portland Oregonian
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PLAYING
PIANO IN A BROTHEL “For every story, there’s a story behind the
story, and Frei’s book captures hundreds of them. Frei provides never-before-read tales of legendary athletes, monumental
events and games behind the games, as well as his own opinion of newspaper sports journalism as a whole—and its future
. . . A must-read for every sports fan.” —Doug Ottewill, Mile High Sports Magazine
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