A practical guide to high school football chain crews — roles, responsibilities, equipment, safety, and professionalism — written by Richard Kallay.
This project manages the book as a set of modular Markdown files stitched together with a Makefile. The goal is to produce clean, reproducible builds of the book in multiple formats (Markdown, PDF, EPUB, DOCX).
chain-gang-book/
├── manuscript/ # Main source content
│ ├── frontmatter/ # Preface, acknowledgements, TOC
│ ├── chapters/ # Chapters 1–12
│ ├── appendices/ # Appendices A–I
│ └── conclusion.md # Wrap-up
├── exports/ # Built outputs (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, etc.)
├── Makefile # Build automation
├── .gitignore # Git ignore rules
├── LICENSE # License (CC-BY 4.0)
└── CONTRIBUTING.md # Contribution guidelines
This repo uses a manifest + Makefile system to stitch together the book.
Default profile (main):
make fullbookmdAlternative profile (proof, promo, etc.):
make fullbookmd PROFILE=proofThe manifest file defines which .md parts are included and in what order.
For example: manuscript/manifest-main.txt.
Planned targets for make:
make draft→ Quick combined Markdown intomanuscript/book.mdmake pdf→ Polished PDF intoexports/book.pdf(via Pandoc/LaTeX)make epub→ EPUB format for e-readersmake docx→ Word format for editors
- Follow
STYLE_GUIDE.mdfor formatting conventions. - Use consistent Markdown headers (
# Chapter X — Title). - Anecdotes are written in third person for consistency.
- Sidebars and pro tips use blockquotes and headings for visibility.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0).
See LICENSE for details.
Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for workflow, style rules, and licensing details.
Richard Kallay
High school football chain crew veteran (~10 years), software engineer, and author.