BIO ~ Alfred Danbury, Sr.
Author of “The Strength of Courage”
I was born and raised in the small industrial city of Camden, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, I attended Rutgers University in Camden. In 1970 I became editor of the Camden Community News. I was eager to write about social, economic and political issues. After graduating from Rutgers University, I moved on to teach English in public schools.
In 1984 I began working for the City of Camden Department of Planning & Development and worked there for 38 years.
When a young African American soldier nearly meets his fate honoring his country in World War II on the battle fields of Europe and Africa, he discovers the strength in his faith and presses on to see his loved ones once again. Yet, after uncovering a hurtful truth in his family, he decides to volunteer a second time and fight in the Korean War in 1950. Captured by the enemy and held as a prisoner of war, his sheer will to survive and love for his family allows him to live through the unimaginable and return home to tell his story and raise a family.
Decades later, Master Sgt David Henry is finally able to begin recounting the harrowing, traumatic events of war that left him mentally scarred and emotionally shaken. After striking up a friendship with a fellow fisherman named Jim, Master Sgt. David Henry confides in Jim and shares the daunting experiences that have haunted him since the last war ended. But that friendship is tested when Jim reveals his own experiences during the war. Through ups and downs, both men learn that they each suffered trauma and that, through their friendship, they can also heal. It is in their bond based on mutual trust, that Jim and Master Sgt David realize what it takes to have the Strength of Courage to survive. In life no matter how difficult the journey, we must have faith to fight our way through any struggle and find our way home.
Another message the book sends is that in life nothing remains the same. Our lives are constantly in a stage of continuing change.
The author Alfred J. Dansbury, Sr. is a retired public school and community college writing teacher. He has been a New Jersey realtor since 1991. An avid fisherman, boater, and photographer, he enjoys the outdoors year around. His favorite areas in New Jersey are the waterways and woodlands covering the Pine Barrens in south Jersey.
Where can the book be purchased?
Email address: alfreddansbury@yahoo.com
