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Alone Among the Living
Contributor(s): Hoard, G. Richard (Author)

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 ISBN: 0820331732     ISBN-13: 9780820331737
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2007
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Annotation: "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. Summoning memories of the events surrounding the August 7, 1967, car bombing of Jackson County, Georgia, prosecutor Floyd "Fuzzy" Hoard, Alone among the Living is G. Richard Hoard's remembrance of the father he lost that day and his subsequent struggle to come to terms with the murder.
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - General
- Self-help | Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.63 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Georgia
- Cultural Region - South
 
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"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.

Contributor Bio(s): Hoard, G. Richard: - 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.
 
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