John Pruitt, author of Tell It True:  A Novel

 

Come to the Nov. 4th meeting to meet John and hear him tell about his debut novel.  His book will be available for purchase and signing.  If you would like to reserve a copy then click here:  https://eagleeyebooks.com/home/eventgendetails/2035

 

An African American serviceman is gunned down on a rural Georgia road in July 1964. This shocking murder ensnares a wide range of characters including the journalists who cover it, the lawmen who must solve it, the civil rights leaders who capitalize upon it, the politicians who exploit it, and the Atlanta magnate who fears its impact on the New South image he desperately wants to protect.

 

John Pruitt covered the news of Atlanta and Georgia as television anchor and reporter for half a century. His major stories include the assassination and funeral of Dr Martin Luther King, Junior, Jimmy Carter’s rise from obscurity to become Georgia governor and President of
the United States, eleven Democratic and Republican Conventions, the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and the aftermath of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center.