Description
"When I was twenty I came face to face with the old man convicted of paying five thousand dollars for the murder of my father."
From the gripping first line of this true story, you will follow a young man's journey through grief and despair to acceptance and forgiveness. On August 7, 1967, prosecutor Floyd "Fuzzy" Hoard was killed by a car bomb in his own front yard in Jackson County, Georgia. Summoning the memories of the events surrounding that day, Alone among the Living is G. Richard Hoard's remembrance of the father he lost on that day, and of his subsequent struggle to come to terms with the murder.Author: G. Richard Hoard
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9780820331737
ISBN10: 0820331732
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder | General
- Self-Help | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement
About the Author
G. Richard Hoard is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Asbury Theological Seminary. An award-winning author, his books include: The Race Before Us, Through Fear of Death, and The Missing Boys. He and his wife, Candise, make their home near Athens, Georgia.