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SUMMARY:Author Talk with James B Wells
DESCRIPTION:Author James B Wells will be at the library to discuss his 
 latest book\, Because: a CIA Coverup & a Son's Odyssey to Find the Father 
 He Never Knew\nUnion River Book & Toy Company will be selling books at this 
 event.\n\nBecause is an investigative memoir about a son's 
 thirty-three-year odyssey to uncover the truth and meaning of his 
 whistleblower father's covered-up and still CIA-classified death in 
 Vietnam. \n\nTwenty-six years after the CIA Air America plane his father is 
 a passenger in is reportedly brought down by hostile fire in South 
 Vietnam\, his youngest son James discovers hundreds of letters his father\, 
 Major Jack J. Wells\, wrote his mother\, Betty\, over two wars and a career 
 in the U.S. Army and State Department. The letters compel James to learn 
 more about the father he lost as a child.\n\nAbout James B. Wells\nJAMES B. 
 WELLS is a retired criminology and criminal justice professor in the School 
 of Justice Studies in the College of Justice\, Safety\, and Military 
 Science at Eastern Kentucky University\, and is the recipient of the 2025 
 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences John Howard Award\, an award given 
 intermittently\, upon significant demand\, to recognize an individual who 
 has made significant and sustained contributions to the practice of 
 corrections.\nA former carpenter\, soldier\, and correctional officer in a 
 super-maximum-security prison and later as a researcher/planner assisting 
 architects in prison design\, he has multiple degrees\, including an M.S. 
 in Criminal Justice\, a Ph.D. in Research\, and an MFA in Creative 
 Writing.\n\nHe’s authored or co-authored over sixty-five books\, 
 chapters\, articles\, and essays\, as well as over a hundred and fifty 
 research reports for various local\, state\, and federal agencies. Recent 
 essays from his research and memoir work appear or are forthcoming in 
 Collateral Journal\, About Place Journal\, Wild Roof Journal\, Military 
 Experience and the Arts\, The Wrath-Bearing Tree\, Shift\, Proud to be: 
 Writing by American Warriors\, Trajectory Journal\, and From Pen to Page 
 III: More Writings from the Bluegrass Writers 
 Coalition.\n\nhttps://jamesbwells.com/
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee McManus":MAILTO:rmcmanus@ellsworthlibrary.net
CATEGORIES:Author Event
CONTACT;CN="Renee McManus":MAILTO:rmcmanus@ellsworthlibrary.net
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://ellsworth.libcal.com/calendar/EPL-Events/james-b-wells-because
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