Jim McConkey

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Produktbeschreibung

Who were these parents who had lived in a tent on an island in the Potomac River during the Depression while the father wrangled WPA guidebooks toward publication, and later wrote speeches for the Senator investigating cartels during World War II, wrote the book on foot-and-mouth disease, and crossed swords with Joe McCarthy's inquisition? Who was the mother who hadn't worked in thirty years yet fended off financial disaster after her husband's early death?

At his mother's death seventeen years later, the questions still lingered, leaving a void which Jim McConkey fills with a compelling narrative. From 'drinking wet and voting dry' during Prohibition to starving as a freelance writer in the Depression, the WPA Writer's Project, the early days of commercial air travel, and the international cartels that thwarted America's war mobilization and led to civilian rationing, McConkey's story captivates and informs.

And finally, that gorgeous farm in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains is vividly preserved. The family's history, stored in a four-drawer filing cabinet stuffed with family papers, is brought to life in this loving parental biography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798886938999
• Artikelnr.: 73533146

Autorenporträt

Growing up, Jim McConkey was enthralled by his parents' tales of the Depression, WWII, and McCarthyism. In 1967, he graduated from the George Washington University with a degree in journalism, and cut his authorial teeth staff writing for Disabled Sports USA, which does sports and recreation for people with physical disabilities. After his parents' deaths, he resolved to write their story, basing it on hundreds of saved letters and extensive reading into the history of their time. Jim lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Diana.