Blind Journey

Uncharted and beyond his control for the most part Jack Hawn's career simply happened. He never studied journalism and never aspired to be a writer. After almost four years assigned to the army's public information offices he faced civilian life with a wife infant daughter wild ambition bursting optimism unshakeable confidence-and no job. Eventually he found work as a copyboy at a Hollywood newspaper was paid $5 to review plays and nightclub acts and a year later filled a sports desk vacancy. As years passed he earned extra income as a television dramatist and wrote TV and radio scripts for sportscasters. When the paper folded in 1970 he was hired at the Los Angeles Times where he worked in sports and entertainment. During Jack Hawn's amazing 43-year career he covered Muhammad Ali title fights boxing at the 1984 Olympics and wrote about Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jr. and other celebrities until his retirement in 1991. Whether you're an aspiring or veteran journalist or just want a genuine page turner that details the author's own life and career it's a work you'll keep pulling from your bookshelf time and again. As one critic summed up his review: His book is terrific.Born January 25 1930 in Kearney Nebraska Jack Hawn grew up in Southern California graduated from San Fernando High School in 1947 and after one year at the University of California Santa Barbara enlisted in the U.S. Army. He and his wife Charlene celebrated their sixty-third anniversary June 2 2014. They produced four children. The numbers began to change nearly two decades later-14 grandchildren 23 great-grandkids and (last reported) 3 great-greats. The author and his second wife Mary Beth Myers-Hawn reside in Sun City West Arizona.Author's Website: https: //authorjackhawn.com/author/