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    Shin Splints
    Shin Splints
    Shin Splints
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    Shin Splints

    By Dorothy Stroud

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    A collection of poems about track and field written by the coach's wife who is also the mother of several of the athletes. Also included is a collection of poems from her experiences as a teacher.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDorothy Stroud
    Release dateJun 12, 2012
    ISBN9781476081830
    Shin Splints
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    Dorothy Stroud

    Dorothy Stroud is an Oklahoman by birth and an Arizonan by circumstances. She taught Language Arts nineteen years in public school. Her poems have been published by REAL, Cadillac Cicatrix ( e-journal), Wisconsin Review, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Seattle Review, Zillah: A Poetry Journal, and several other kind publications. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English with Home Economics and Psychology minors from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. She earned her Masters in Education from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. Although she has lived in Oklahoma, California, Alaska, and Arizona (for forty-nine years), she is now enjoying retirement with her husband and living in Willcox, Arizona.

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      Shin Splints - Dorothy Stroud

      SHIN SPLINTS

      the SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Copyright 2012 by Dorothy Stroud

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. It may not be resold or given away. If you would like to share this book, please purchase an additional copy for each person with whom you want to share it. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, please return to the same bookseller and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      Dedication

      To my husband, William N. Stroud, Jr., the public school teacher and coach who enabled me to become a teacher and an appreciator of track and field. These poems were written during the nineteen years that I taught public school and during the twenty-five years that I followed Coach Stroud to various track

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