Experiences and Prejudices

About the Book

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.

About the Author

Terry Bowie grew up in the Arkansas Delta town of Helena during the 1950-60’s. He received a marketing degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and was commissioned a reserved officer in the U.S. Army through the Reserved Officers Training Corps in 1967. After completing two years active duty he began a 34-year career with Exxon. Upon retirement he and wife Betty settled in Lake Conroe, Texas close to their two children and four grandchildren.