LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Questions about life and death are one of the most profound thoughts we can ponder. Did we exist in some form before we were born? And what happens after we die? But maybe the more important question would be what to do with the time in between those bookends, so to speak, bracketing the story of our earthly life. Let Henry Walton share his thoughts on the nature and meaning of life as The Light Between Dark Places.
What is life but a light between dark places? Close your eyes and think back as far as you can. You will reach a place where there is no accessible memory. You will reach a dark place. Then look to the future, as far as you can perceive. You will reach the dark place known as death. What we experience, what we can give objective, verifiable, first-person testimony, is that we exist in a light between dark places. This book brings that reality to the forefront; to encourage those of like mind to organize and seek solutions to the problem that plague us in the temporal realm.
Written mostly in a modern rhythmic style, this remarkable account will take readers through nearly half a century of significant world events as seen and experienced by the author. From WWII, the Korean War, the turbulent civil rights movements of the Sixties, and others, this book will make you appreciate that life, indeed, is The Light Between Dark Places. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Henry Walton was born in California in 1939. He was in the Army Corp of Engineers, worked for the US Postal Services, was an ambulance driver and attendant, a computer operator, Supervising Computer Operator, Senior Systems Aid, Union Business Agent, Director of Community and Political Affairs for SEIU Local 660, and currently works in a major federal program servicing children and families. Henry Walton has also been an Adjunct Professor for Springfield College, L.A. campus. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Human Services. He has two adult children, he also experienced the joy of being a foster parent, he grew up in South Central Los Angeles, lived through two Los Angeles Urban Rebellions, the O.J. Trial, earthquakes, and police actions at Macarthur Park, Century City, labor actions, marches and strikes, and he has been involved with organizing workers in Central America. Henry Walton has displayed his photographic work in three shows in recent months and has over the years exhibited at festivals, and galleries. He is the host and producer of the weekly radio program Labor Review on KPFK Los Angeles, 90.7 FM. The Light Between Dark Places is his first book and is a collection of writings from various times in his life.
The Light Between Dark Places * by Henry Walton
Publication Date: March 09, 2009
Picture Book; $71.99; 134 pages; 978-1-4415-0241-4
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