Growing up, Jim McConkey was enthralled by his parents’ tales of the Depression, WWII, and McCarthyism. In 1967, he graduated from the George Washington University with a degree in journalism, and cut his authorial teeth staff writing for Disabled Sports USA, which does sports and recreation for people with physical disabilities. After his parents’ deaths, he resolved to write their story, basing it on hundreds of saved letters and extensive reading into the history of their time. Jim lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Diana.
Who were these parents who had lived in a tent on an island in the Potomac River during the Depression while the father wrangled WPA guidebooks toward publication, and later wrote speeches for the Senator investigating cartels during World War II, wrote the book on foot-and-mouth disease, and crosse...
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