Jake Mosby, Janis F. Kearney

Broschiertes Buch

The Jake Mosby Story: A Man for All Seasons

Beschreibung

The Jake Mosby Story centers around the life of 90-year-old Korean War hero Jake Mosby, his "Bride" of 65 years Frances, and their children and grandchildren. Jake Mosby's amazing life experiences began early--he became the patriarch of his family at the age of 11 years old; taking over his ailing father's role as provider and caretaker for his mother and sibling and hiring out to a large rice farmer in the community. His story, Jake says, would not be worth writing if he had not met and married the woman he calls his soul mate. Frances and Jake met doing what has meant so much to them both throughout their lives --praising God through song. For many years, each of them belonged to family singing groups. Beyond his close family relationship, Jake served his country with distinction during the Korean war, including one memorable special project under General Omar Bradly - one of America's first black generals - who served in both WWII, and the Korean War and oversaw the transformation of the 82nd Infantry Division into the first American airborne division. Mr. Mosby, who never went beyond third grade in his segregated Prairie County school, is a riveting storyteller with an innate wisdom about life and history. His story is American history, Arkansas history and African American history. Jake Mosby today cares for and continues to dote of his "bride of 65 years," who now suffers Alzheimer. He continues to be grateful for their blessings, for his community, his church, and his family of seven children and grandchildren. He is proud that his children today represent moral values, faith, family, and self-responsibility.

Autor

Jake Mosby is a former rice farmer who grew up and raised his family in Prairie County, Arkansas. After his father's early death, Jake was hired out to local rice farmers at the age of nine, and worked to save his mother and siblings. Jake and his brothers formed a gospel quintet, which was the impetus to his meeting the love of his wife, the love of his life. He is a Korean War Veteran who received a Purple Heart for outstanding service in Korea. Janis F. Kearney is an author, book publisher, and writing instructor. She was born to southeast Arkansas cotton sharecroppers, attended Gould Public Schools, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a B.A. in Journalism. She served nine years as a project manager and public affairs director in Arkansas state government. She served briefly as managing editor for civil rights legend Daisy L. Bates' historic Arkansas State Press Newspaper, before purchasing and becoming publisher of the newspaper in 1988, upon Bates retirement. From 1993-2001, Janis served in the Clinton Administration, working briefly in the white house media affairs office before being appointed by President Clinton, as Director of Communications for the US Small Business Administration. In 1995, she was selected by President Clinton as the first-ever Personal Diarist to a President. She served in that role through June 2001. In July 2001, Janis was selected as a fellow at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and continued the fellowship for two years. In 2003, Janis and her husband founded Writing our World Publishing, a small, independent publishing company. She has written or co-written eight books, including her first, the critically acclaimed Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir. Other WOW Publishing books include Something to Write Home About: Memories of a Presidential Diarist; Conversations: Hope to Harlem; Daisy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Sundays with TJ: 100 Years of Memories on Varner Road, and, Writing our Lives: An Anthology of Southern Storytellers, a compilation of short memoirs. In 2014, Janis founded the Celebrate! Maya Project. Its mission is to promote the life and legacy of Dr. Angelou throughout Arkansas' communities and schools. She also founded the Read.Write.Share Writers Project, which includes memoir-writing seminars, lectures and workshops around the state, including the WOW! Spring Writers Weekend held in Arkansas each year. Her honors include: -2016 Inductee into the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame -Former president, and current board member of the AR Pioneer Chapter of Pen Women - Serves as executive board member of LifeQuest of Arkansas -Serves as board member of the AR Women's Hall of Fame -Serves as board president of the International Women's Forum of Arkansas. -Founder and president of the Celebrate! Maya Project of Arkansas. -Inductee into the National History Makers Archive -Recipient of the University of Arkansas' Outstanding Alumni Award -Recipient of the prestigious University of Arkansas Journalism Lemke Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780988964433
• ISBN-10: 0988964430
• Artikelnr.: 59471272