Alone among the Living: A Memoir of the Floyd Hoard Murder - Softcover

G. Richard Hoard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820331732 ISBN 13: 9780820331737

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2007

Synopsis

"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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"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.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0820331732
• ISBN 13: 9780820331737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272