Jack Strunk will be in Laredo for “Jack Strunk – Summer Author Lecture Series”
Written by admin, May 17, 2012, 0 Comments
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
When earlier this year, the city of Laredo was bashed by a non-native former Laredoan with a naive and ill-informed post on YouTube, it was the unlikeliest of persons who came to Laredo’s defense and became a hero across the community. Jack Strunk, a non-native former Laredoan, came to the defense of his former adopted hometown, in an eloquent, heartfelt, and accurate description of our city.
Aside from hero and defender of Laredo, Honorary Laredoan Strunk’s other claim to fame is as an author and as an inspiration, having overcome adversity to live a new life and share that passion for living through his book entitled, “Surviving My Life: the Jack Strunk Story.”
Strunk will be in Laredo next month to kick-off the Laredo Public Library’s Summer Author Lecture Series. On Thursday, June 7, at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 9, at 2:00 p.m., Strunk will make appearances at the Laredo Public Library, HEB Multi-Purpose Room, 1120 E. Calton Road, to discuss his life, his book and his beloved Laredo.
The presentations are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The book is available for check-out or purchase at the Laredo Public Library. For more information about the presentations or the book, please contact Pam Burrell at 795-2400, x2268 or via e-mail at pam@laredolibrary.org.
