Throughout June, numerous cable TV channels in the Chicago area aired a one hour interview of this reporter who discussed the book: “The One And Only: Chic Harley - America’s Great Athlete.”
Roberta Markbreit, a veteran local cable television personality, conducted the interview. She expressed strong interest in the Chic Harley story and obtained a copy of the book.
Just this week, I received a kind note from Roberta saying she just finished reading the book and really enjoyed it.
“I recently finished reading the wonderful book that you wrote about your uncle, Chic Harley. I took it with me everywhere I went, not wanting to put it down for a moment,” wrote Roberta.
“You explored Chic’s poignant life with love and warmth and meticulously, a rare combination. I wanted so to rescue Chic and give him all the beautiful things in life that he deserved, not what he repeatedly and unfairly got.”
Added Roberta, “People like Chic are rare. They are purely honest and humble and their sensitivity makes them beautiful. They are too good to have to face the ugliness on this Earth. “It must have been heart-rendering for you to re-enact Chic’s life in the honest and forthright way you did. Thanks for the writing of it in the only way it could have been told.”
Thanks Roberta for you kind words.