No Average Joe
$19.95
No Average Jo
Author: Dr. Marc Crail
Sea Hill Press
ISBN: 978-1-937720-74-2
Pub Date: October 1, 2023
Retail Price: $19.95
Softcover
Josephine Harrison has lived what she describes as a “perfectly ordinary life”. Born in 1924 and growing up in tiny Fayetteville, West Virginia, a place she characterizes as “the little edge of nowhere”, she recalls a mundane childhood. What she refers to as her quirky family, her cadre of tight knit female friends and a heaping helping of willpower molded her into a young woman who became extraordinary in the best sense of the word.
Life options for young women in small town America during the Great Depression and World War II years were quite limited but Jo had big dreams; places to be and things to do. Her aspirations could not be stifled by antiquated rules, social mores or overbearing men.
No Average Jo is a story of persistence, punctuated by alternating highs and lows, brains, love, tenacity, gumption and spunk. You’ll cheer for her, cry with her and celebrate her hard- won accomplishments. You will not soon forget her exceedingly well lived life.
No Average Jo
Author: Dr. Marc Crail
ISBN: 978-1-937720-74-2
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Marc Crail enjoyed a thirty-five-year career as a teacher, principal, and school superintendent in northern Ohio. Marc graduated from the University of Akron Magna Cum Laude in 1974 and began teaching at Wayne Elementary in Wooster, Ohio. In 1990, he became superintendent of Richmond Heights Local Schools, just west of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County. In 1993, Marc moved on to head the Kent City Schools in Portage County, Ohio, where he stayed for over thirteen years.
Marc taught as part of the adjunct faculty for Kent State University and was a member of the Goodyear Educational Leadership Network. He also chaired the Portage County United Way Board and served on the Boy Scout Council Board.
In October of 2007, Marc retired from public education. He and his wife, Jayn, moved to Mount Dora, Florida, and they both joined the Animals, Science, and the Environment education team at Walt Disney’s Animal Kingdom where they have worked for over thirteen years. Marc has been an Interpretive Naturalist for ten years for the Lake County Florida Water Authority. He is currently serving his third term on the Mount Dora City Council in Florida.
Jayn and Marc have been married for forty-six years and have two sons, Jon and Dan, two amazing daughters-in-law, and two granddaughters.
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