Henderson's Light
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0978619196 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 193 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Heartthrobs to Heartaches I am gripped, again, by the traumatic loss that occurred that cold night in 1965.Roddy Henderson was my friend and swim mate in the summertime growing up. Among others also written about, author Jack Torry beautifully describes this particulary special young high schooler. I can say most boys wanted to be him, and every girl secretly wanted to be with him. He was a champion and an All-American swimmer and still only a junior. Jack perfectly captures the . Jack Torry's writing brought me back to a time in my history that was somber and sad as we all assembled in the auditorium and l Jack I had a difficult time when I first opened the book, reading through tear filled eyes. Once I gained my composure, I could not put the book down. I actually read it twice. I grew up in Birmingham and was in the same class as the kids who so tragically lost their lives on that cold winter's evening in 1965. We were only sixteen years old and juniors in high school. Jack Torry's writing brought me back to a time in my history that was somber and sad as we . Kathleen Kenna said Henderson's Light a masterful work of Americana. Only the best writers spend years at their craft, patiently interviewing the dozens of people it might take to truly tell a story.Washington reporter Jack Torry took four years, did more than 100 interviews, and read teenager's diaries in his exhaustive research into an "alcohol crash" that killed four young people in January, 1965.Torry's attention to detail is remarkable, and his meticulous descriptions of everything teens were doing that year -- from
. About the Author Jack Torry was living in Birmingham, Michigan, where the crash occurred, at the time it happened. He returned forty years later to investigate the crash and its aftermath. Torry and his wife Saundra life in Leesburg, Virginia. Torry covers Congresss, the Supreme Court, and politics for the Washington Bureau of the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch. Henderson's Light is his second book. His first was Endless Summers: the Fall and Rise of the Cleveland Indians
It started out as a post-swim meet pizza date. All too soon, the evening turned into on of screams and death, four lives lost, two kids terribly injured, the Buick smashed beyond recognition by the impact of the heavier convertible, whose driver was the fourth fatality. Forty years later, after-effects of the crash were still reverberating among the survivors--siblings, parents, friends, neighbors, and teachers--who were left to deal with the follow-on realities of a terrible tragedy, one more episode in the continuing American story of drunk driving and its consequences exceptionally well done account of the long term consequences of an alcohol crash, noted Chuck Hurley, CEO, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).. But it didn't end then
Torry covers Congresss, the Supreme Court, and politics for the Washington Bureau of the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch. Jack Torry was living in Birmingham, Michigan, where the crash occurred, at the time it happened. Torry and his wife Saundra life in Leesburg, Virginia. . His first was Endless Summers: the Fall and Rise of the Cleveland Indians. He returned forty years later to investigate the crash and its aftermath. Henderson's Light is his second book