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BATESA Pattern Breaker and His Friends...Coming Decmber 1st. The Story of Bates, his family and friends, as told by Roger Bell. A limited edition biography of extraordinary storytelling that finally reveals the truth. A gift for all generations."WINNER OF THE GOLDEN THREAD AWARD FOR 2011" Contact us to pre-order by check or money order. |
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This book explores the multigenerational
background of a
fascinating family, the Hodgsons,
as it emigrates from England to
America and puts down roots in
Athens, Georgia.
Through the modern day
experiences of its protagonist,
the story moves through events
in America, Europe, Mexico,
Africa, India and South East
Asia. There is an escape from the
Nazis, water-skiing around a U.S.
battleship, a search for Rommel’s
gold, a Laundromat venture, CIA
intrigue, drug experimentation as
well as wild airplane, motorcycle
and horse trips. For the more
imaginative, there are also Truth
Tables, Fear Deflectors, Powdered
Water and an attack pig. Mixed
throughout are also the stories of
a rich and colorful collection of
friends, lovers and partners.
But the real focus of the book
is on the personal development
of its central character, John
Aspegren Hodgson a.k.a. Bates,
as he builds a unique approach
to living. Although he has been
called a philosopher, a Pied-Piper,
an athlete, a preacher, a storyteller,
an artist and an ‘ultimate
man’, it is rather his evolving
choice of a life-style based on a
strong belief system that makes
the book memorable.
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Roger Bell was born in
Montreal, Canada where he
returned in 1997 after spending
twenty-five years in other parts
of Canada, in the United States,
in Europe and in Brazil. He met
John Aspegren Hodgson in 1966,
at an IBM Sales School, when they
both joined that company to sell
typewriters. After an MBA at the
Harvard Business School in 1981,
he then spent twelve years with
the management consulting firm,
McKinsey & Co.
This is his second book. His first
- Letters To My Daughters - described
his two years of hitch-hiking around
the world at twenty-two years of age.
Roger is currently living with his
wife Ellen in Montreal. Her two sons
work in Boston and Chicago. His
two daughters attend universities in
Germany.
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Praise for this book"After reading this book, I must admit we made the right decision in not jailing Bates for mail fraud." –Abel Malathrope, Federal Agent "This book will confuse, annoy and frustrate. That is its true claim to greatness." –The Golden Thread Literary Review "The facts of this book are more riveting than the fiction. Though I must admit I’m not sure which is which." –Random Horse Publications. "A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Bates sails through the Bermuda Triangle in this book." –Admiral Elias Hopper "I wouldn’t do a biography for all the tea in China. But ‘Bates’ is a grand cup." –Mary Toliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
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