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Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story Paperback – January 1, 2001

3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars 162 ratings

Touched is the story of Jerry Sandusky's life in his own words. From his childhood to his professional career, this book goes behind the scenes to explore the successes and challenges that Jerry Sandusky has faced in life, both on and off the football field. After graduating from Penn State in 1966, Sandusky went on to coach collegiate football for 34 years. Thirty-two of those years were with Penn State, as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Joe Paterno, until his retirement in 1999. The book also explores Sandusky's involvement in children's charities, including the founding of his charity, "Second Mile."

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Jerry Sandusky retired as defensive coordinator of the Penn State University football team following the 1999 season. He spent 32 years at Penn State, all as an assistant to legendary head coach Joe Paterno, including the last 23 as defensive coordinator. Sandusky is the founder of The Second Mile, a charitable foundations that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 children. He is the author of a previous book, Developing Linebackers the Penn State Way. He and his wife Dottie are the parents of six children.

Kip Richeal is a 1987 graduate of Penn State University and a former student equipment manager with the Nittany Lion football team. Richeal is the author of two previous books: Pittsburgh Pirates: Still Walking Tall and Welcome to the Big Ten: Penn State’s Inaugural Season. He resides in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sports Pub (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 225 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582613575
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582613574
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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3.4 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2013
To bad others haven't taken the time to really read this book as this man gave so much to his community to only be brought down by being Falsely Accused, by greed and for others self gain. Now the children are with out such a GREAT program and they will be lost to the streets.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2012
Sandusky talks about his 2nd Mile kids and his "Son" Matt, who tried a suicide attempt and was probably there for his convience. And His wife seemed in on as well. This Guy deserves the BOOK thrown at him. And Yes, I am trying to read this GARBAGE book. The only reason to get it is "Collector" value. Prepare for a heavy dose of lies.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014
The word irony has been waiting around for hundreds of years to be applied to something as appropriately as it applies to this book! A MUST-HAVE for any crime junkies library! "Touched" written by a pedophile before the bust? Come on y'all, don't get no better than that!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019
The book itself is good and gives a good view of Sandusky and his life. I do not condone his crimes but I can't give it a bad review just because of who wrote it. It is haunting to think that some of these boys could have been victims as well.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2013
Not very well written or researched. Good stories though. Good Penn State history in here. Who knew the man that Jerry really was though. Hard to read at times.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024
Touched: The Jerry Sandusky is so awe-inspiring and riveting. Sandusky’s love for young boys shows his passion expanding from figuratively touching them into physically touching!

To think of creating and operating of his sensational philanthropic program Seven Mile! This program was especially designed to NOT conduct any malicious pedophilic activity! I mean Sandusky said it himself, he’s not a pedophile! All he did was touch the lives of children!

Seven Mile won multiple awards for his explicit touching of children! And rescinded those awards because he was too efficient at child touching! Quite an inspiring story from a notorious man!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015
Fascinating book!! Too bad the real story took a different turn.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2011
It doesn't matter whether Sandusky makes money on this or not. Every dime he does will go to cover lawsuits, so I think by buying the book we'll be helping the victims.
The book should be in print, like Mein Kampf, the papers of the Spanish Inquisition, the Thoughts of Chairman Mao, and other such tomes, so it will forever stand as a monument not only to a child molester, but to one who had the nerve to praise himself in print as a great humanitarian. Read properly, too (for instance, search for "locker room" and take a look at pp. 184 and 218) it is also a fascinating study in how the real man sneaks through.
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