A chronicle of triumph and struggle.

• Author: Kristie, James
• Position: THOUGHT LEADERSHIP - Brief article - Reprint

From American Mojo: Lost and Found by Peter D. Kiernan. Copyright [c] 2015 by Peter Kiernan III. Published by Turner Publishing Co. (www.turnerpublishing.com).

I began to see dead people as they truly are when 1 toiled as a young obituary writer for the Hudson Register Star, a daily afternoon broadsheet in upstate New York. While more experienced reporters chased Watergate stories and their own tunes of glory, I compiled these small daily histories and in the process came to a basic conclusion about life that formed the premise for this book.

Even the grandest sweep of history turns on the role of individuals and their contributions to events of their day. In the story you are about to read, individual histories play a vital role in one of the greatest forces ever conceived--the American middle class. This is a chronicle of triumph and achievement...