Waldo Maccabees. In the Footsteps of Christ. - Softcover

Jones, Thomas William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1542424933 ISBN 13: 9781542424936

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

What if Jesus Had a Dog? A dog that trotted along beside Him from Capernaum to Calvary? A dog that understood far more than any of the disciples? A dog that would protect Him with his life if he felt it was necessary? What difference would that have made in the lives of Jesus and the disciples? Those questions are answered in Waldo Maccabees, In the Footsteps of Christ. Along the way, the book’s firm foundation of solid research puts old familiar stories in their proper historical and sociological perspective, giving them a new and deeper meaning than ever before.

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About the Author

Tom Jones was born in Akron, Ohio when it was still "The Rubber Capital of the World" and the acrid smell of sulphur in the air was a matter of civic pride. Like his grandfather and his father before him, he, too, was employed at Firestone Tire & Rubber as a young man. Instead of helping to build the company up, however, he instead helped to document its decline.
 
This, as he and a dozen other employees (all children of Firestone management) worked nights and weekends keying in thousands upon thousands of dealer adjustment forms for the Firestone 500 Steel Belted Radial--a product so disastrous that its eventual recall still stands as the largest tire recall in U.S. history. 
 
Following his graduation from Kent State University, he packed his Chevette, fled what was then rapidly becoming known as "the rustbelt" and headed to Houston. Following the collapse of the oil industry there, he found employment within the advertising industry in San Antonio for twenty years as a nationally award-wining copywriter.
 
Ten of these years were at his own firm, Flying Terrier Creative Company, which was named after a stray dog with a broken tail that he adopted off the street. That dog's name was Waldo, which inspired his first book, "Waldo Maccabees, In the Footsteps of Christ"--a fictionalized narrative of the ministry of Christ as seen through the eyes of His dog.
 
Tom is the also the author of the award-winning work, On A Burning Deck, The Road to Akron, and On A Burning Deck, Return to Akron. Based on over 50 hours of previously unpublished oral histories, letters and a wealth of rare photos, it tells the story of one family's origins in rural Kentucky and move to Akron, Ohio in the earliest years of the Great Migration.
 
Tom lives in New Braunfels, Texas, with his wife, Steffanie.  If you purchased this book on Amazon and enjoyed it, he would appreciate you leaving a review there. For questions or comments, Tom can be contacted at Tom@OnABurningDeck.com

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1542424933
• ISBN 13: 9781542424936
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236