All Loud and Wrong

About the Book

JOHN DUKE LAWSON WAS BORN ON CHURCH STREET, BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM STRATTON HIGH SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 16, HE CELEBRATED HIS SEVENTEENTH BIRTHDAY AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA MARINE CORPS BOOT CAMP TRAINING.

About the Author

JOHN DUKE LAWSON WAS BORN ON CHURCH STREET, BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA. FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM STRATTON HIGH SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 16, HE CELEBRATED HIS SEVENTEETH BIRTHDAY AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA MARINE CORPS BOOT CAMP TRAINING. BEING THE ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN AND BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER, DUKE HAS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE TRYING TO "BE THE BEST HE COULD BE". FOLLOWING A CAREER OF SIX YEARS ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE USMC. HE JOINED AND RETIRED AS A WATERBURY POLICE DETECTIVE AND ALSO A RETIRED CONNECTICUT LABOR DEPT. FRAUD INVESTIGATOR. SERVING IN BOTH CAPACITIES OVER TWENTY YEARS EACH. TODAY,DUKE SPENDS HIS LEISURE TIME WRITING POETRY, AND HAS BEGUN HIS SECOND BOOK. HE IS ALSO A WORLD RENOWN BOXING JUDGE/REFEREE, APPOINTED BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT IN 1972. HE CONTINUES TO RESIDE IN WATERBURY CONNECTICUT WITH HIS WIFE EVELYN OF FIFTY YEARS. HE IS A GRADUATE OF MATTATUCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE HARTFORD SEMINARY AND HAS COMPLETED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY PARENTS, JOHN AND DORTHY LAWSON AND TO ALL OF MY FAMILY ....THANK YOU ALL. ..FOR YOUR LOVE...RESPECT AND MOSTLY YOUR PRAYERS OF WHICH I REALIZE HAS BROUGHT AND CONTINUE TO BRING ME THIS FAR...DON'T STOP PRAYING...THE CHAPTER IS STILL BEING PLAYED ... I LOVE YOU ALL!!!