As If by Magic: The Story of Larry Bird's Indiana High School Basketball Days - Randy Mills

Randy Mills is a retired Oakland City University (Indiana) Distinguished Professor. He is the author of four important books examining the experiences of combat veterans in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, including Summer Wind: A Soldier's Road from Indiana to Vietnam, coauthored with Roxanne Mills and published by Blue River Press. Other books include the only biography of Jonathan Jennings, Indiana's first governor, a history of Oakland City College, and a basketball memoir of his high school basketball playing days in Illinois, An Almost Perfect Season. Mills has also authored over ninety professional articles on Indiana and Midwest history. Mills is a recipient of the George C. Roberts Award, given by the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences for excellence in academic scholarship, and a recipient of the Indiana Historical Society's Dorothy Riker Hoosier Historian Award.