His father worked as a construction worker and a cotton farmer. (born February 8, 1955) is an American politician, lawyer, and writer.īiography and career Several of his novels were adapted into films including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives His other novels include The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, The Broker, Playing for Pizza, The Appeal, Calico Joe, The Racketeer, Gray Mountain, Rogue Lawyer, The Confession, The Litigators, The Whistler, Camino Island, The Rooster Bar, and the Theodore Boone series. His first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in 1989. He left the law and politics to become a full-time author. While a lawyer in private practice in Southaven, Mississippi, Grisham served as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 until 1990. He was admitted to the bar in Mississippi in 1981 after receiving a law degree from the University of Mississippi, specializing in criminal law. He received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Mississippi State University. John Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955. Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 193828 KB). To say that Italy holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.ġ online resource (6 audio files) : digital He knows nothing about Parma, has never been to Europe, and doesn't speak or understand a word of Italian. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers-at least until a better offer comes along-and heads off to Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player-any former NFL player-at their helm. Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback-for the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.
But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, find a team that needs him. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game.
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
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