Experiences and Prejudices

Bowie states that what began as a personal memoir for his children and grandchildren became a journey of self-discovery as he peeled back the layers of his life. As the title implies the book reviews the experiences and resultant prejudices of a typical late 20th century American life and explores the feelings and thoughts that ultimately formed a personality. The experiences encountered growing up in a small southern town influenced by loving parents shaped by formal education the military his church and capped by a gratifying corporate career are brought forth in this story of an ordinary life; ordinary but as is the case with most lives extraordinary at the same time.