Shooting Star: The Amazing Life of Ann Marston - Softcover

Alana Paluszewski

9781879094789: Shooting Star: The Amazing Life of Ann Marston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879094789 ISBN 13: 9781879094789

Publisher: Momentum Books LLC, 2007

Child model. International archery champion. Beauty pageant queen. Detroit rock band promoter. Ann Marston accomplished all of these things, and more, during her all-too-short life.

In Shooting Star: The Amazing Life of Ann Marston, author Alana Paluszewski tells the story of this former Miss Michigan from Wyandotte who refused to allow debilitating diabetes to get in the way of her goals. Paluszewski uses Ann's personal diaries, family albums, interviews and other primary research to share Ann's untold biography.

Whether you remember her or not, you cannot help but be touched and inspired by the story of Ann Marston, whose star shone briefly on the national stage, then was gone.

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About the Author:

Alana Paluszewski is a respected historian and has previously written, The Pride of Wyandotte: The History of Roosevelt High School. The book evolved from her extensive collection of artifacts, and all proceeds are donated to the school to protect and preserve the building's legacy for future generations.

She has been employed for 18 years at her alma mater, Roosevelt High School, in Wyandotte, Michigan. She is co-sponsor of the Geoaddicts, the school's travel adventure club. Mrs. Paluszewski has accompanied students to England, France, Spain, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, and merges her hobbies of travel, photography and horticulture into lectures about famous gardens of the world.

Review:

In this new book, with careful attention to research, Alana Paluszewski has reignited Ann Marston's star so that she may continue to inspire young women for generations to come ... Shooting Star: The Amazing Life of Ann Marston ought to be on the reading list for any Becoming An Outdoorswoman class, as well as for women archers, athletes and entertainers who seek inspirational role models. Ann was a true pioneer as well as an ambassador for archery. --James Swan, Ph.D., as reported on ESPNOutdoors.com

"Great story about an inspirational lady." --Dick Purtan, WOMC-FM

"Ann did a lot for the sport she loved...She was one of few archers who could shoot well and also entertain the non-archery public." --Jim Easton, Chairman and CEO, Jas. D. Easton Inc., and International Olympic Committee Vice President

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