Duke Southhard
Author of
. A FAVOR RETURNED
. AGENT FOR JUSTICE
. THE WEEK FROM HEAVEN & HELL
. THE NICK: A VISION REALIZED
Redirected, Not Retired: A Brief Biography
After a teaching career that began with the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 and ended with a continuing threat of terrorists attacks in 1998, Duke Southhard redirected my energies to writing. In May 2000, Peter Randall published A FAVOR RETURNED, his first novel. AGENT FOR JUSTICE followed, published by Hot House Press of Cohassett, Massachusetts, in October, 2003. THE NICK: A VISION REALIZED is a commissioned history of a large recreational facility in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and THE WEEK FROM HEAVEN AND HELL, a memoir about the tragic, early death of our son in 1992, was published by Wheatmark in 2010.
Education credentials include a BS in English from Villanova University, an MA in English Education from Rowan University and a CAGS in Media Technology from Boston University.
Book Reviews
. “The subtle description Bradford Wallace’s decline (AGENT FOR JUSTICE) creates a fascinating account of human psychology.”- Villanova Magazine, 2004
. “Only once in a great while does a book evoke the emotions that your book did.”- Nguyen Lam, Phoenix, Arizona (THE WEEK FROM HEAVEN AND HELL)
. “Intellectual stimuli, adventure and romance jostle one another for you attention.”- Dr. Gerald M. Gares, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Burlington, New Jersey (A FAVOR RETURNED)
. “The story plays like a classic tragedy, with a well-drawn, sympathetic character fighting his obsession toward “righting” injustices on his own terms.”- Christie Sales, Author/Library Director, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire (AGENT FOR JUSTICE)
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