Jack A. Spigarelli

Jack A. Spigarelli, original author of Crisis Preparedness Handbook, grew up roaming the hills around the small mining towns in Carbon County, Utah. He graduated from Carbon High School in Price, and served in the US Army, which included a tour in Vietnam. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in physics and later an MBA. He then pursued business interests, including several start-up companies. Ever passionate about preparedness topics, he diligently researched and experimented until he learned the best practices in being prepared so that he could help others prepare and achieve peace of mind during times of crisis. In the early eighties, Jack’s dream of writing a book about preparedness was realized. His 1984 edition of Crisis Preparedness Handbook achieved modest success in the survival/preparedness community. In 2002, he revised and published a second edition, which, over the next ten years, sold close to forty thousand copies. Jack married Patricia L. Mason and they are the parents of six children. He died in 2005.