UnCorked! Kentucky Sports Legend Corky Withrow - Hardcover

Sherrill Williams & Charles Thurman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1942613326 ISBN 13: 9781942613329

Publisher: Acclaim Press, 2016

Synopsis

UNCORKED! is the true story of two-sport legend Corky Withrow of Central City, Kentucky, one of the greatest high school basketball players in the Commonwealth who went on to play professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Authors Sherrill Williams and Charles Thurman take the reader on a journey to 1950s Kentucky, where small town high school basketball was king and Corky was known as one of the best. The book describes, in detail, the hard-nosed, hard fought battles on the court and the thrilling action of the nation’s second most successful program in wins.

The book also presents Corky’s time in professional baseball, including his struggles in the minor leagues and his time in the big show playing alongside St. Louis great, Stan Musial.

With UnCorked!, readers will gain an appreciation for the hard work, and raw talent, of one of the state’s best athletes of all time and member of the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame–Corky Withrow.

About this title

About the Author

SHERRILL WILLIAMS, a native of Larue County, Kentucky, is a retired school teacher residing in Vine Grove, Hardin County, Kentucky. He holds degrees in Education and History from the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University. Since retiring from his teaching position at North Hardin High School, Sherrill has remained active as a musician, comedian, and artist, as well as an avid researcher of genealogy, Abraham Lincoln and his family, and Civil War history—the latter with a special interest in Central Kentucky’s guerrilla warfare of 1864-65.

 

CHARLES THURMAN was born and raised in Sonora, Hardin County Kentucky. After earning

a degrees in Mathematics from Western Kentucky University and a degree in Geology from the University of Kentucky, he resided in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was in the oil and gas business. Returning to Sonora a decade ago, he now owns and manages the Thurman-Phillips Guest Home in his family’s 1897 ancestral house. Along with his interest in Kentucky high school sports history, Charlie is a life-long student of American history and has built and maintained a personal library of over 1,500 books.

Review

“In the 1950s, Central City’s Corky Withrow was as big as it got. ... His name took on rock star

status, even to the point of upstaging two other local boys of notoriety, Don and Phil Everly.”

--Gary P West

“UnCorked! tells the story of Raymond ‘Corky’ Withrow ... one of the top five high school basketball prep stars in the nation, who in baseball was later tapped as the player to replace Stan Musial in the St. Louis Cardinals’ outfield. His story tells that, against all odds, dreams can come true!”

--Rick Whobrey, Former Executive Director, Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame

Edition details

• Publisher: Acclaim Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1942613326
• ISBN 13: 9781942613329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Randy Baumgardner