SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In his new book released through Xlibris, author Owen "Mitch" Griffith shares an entertaining memoir that testifies how the home and the family in it carve the character of a person. Perseverance and Dignity follows his inspiring life as he learns values and principles throughout the wonderful years shared with his family.
Growing up with a strong admiration for his father, Griffith relives in this volume the years Joseph Griffith spent as the town's teenage mailman and later a Guyana Police Officer. In the thirty-eight years he served in the Federal Law Enforcement Organization of Guyana, he became an instrument in charting several courses for various accomplishments of the Guyana Police Force. While the author's father served as a Police Commandant in charge of the Berbice County, his mother saw a need for the Police Wives of Berbice County to assist their husbands in controlling juvenile delinquency. Thus, she organized the first Police Wives Association at Police Headquarters, New Amsterdam, Berbice in 1952. The admirable traits shown by his parents helped the author in meeting the standards of the demanding world while growing up.
Throughout the pages of this engaging read, readers will learn more about the author's moving life through everyday adventures around friends and family. With nostalgic photos, informative facts, and riveting insights, Perseverance and Dignity provides a glimpse of an inspiring and entertaining life throughout childhood, education, world war, and marriage.
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Perseverance and Dignity * by Owen "Mitch" Griffith
Publication Date: June 24, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 123 pages; 978-1-4415-4004-1
Trade Hardback; $29.99; 123 pages; 978-1-4415-4005-8
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