Looking for Goodwill - Hardcover

Price, Patrick Hutcheson Jones; Price, Scott Todd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1577363744 ISBN 13: 9781577363743

Publisher: Turner, 2006

Synopsis

"Has there ever been good news?" Intrigued by that challenging question, father and son Scott and Pat Price undertake an inspiring nationwide odyssey in search of goodwill. They determine to interview people in all fifty states, selecting people at random and asking them about the good things in their lives. The result is a refreshingly original study of attitudes, ambitions, and the condition of the American heart. What they find in every person is friendliness, trust, optimism, and an inherent desire to encourage others. This remarkable record of their encounters brings to life the fascinating, good-hearted people that Pat and Scott meet everywhere during their eleven-month journey and confirms that there is goodwill in hearts all across America...if you look for it.

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About the Author

Patrick Hutcheson Jones Price graduated magna cum laude from Lipscomb University with a bachelor of arts degree in history and has pursued graduate studies in business. Active in both civic and community activities, Pat currently volunteers at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and as a political campaign worker. Pat is a three-time National Junior Wheelchair Games Weight Lifting Champion and remains an avid wheelchair racer. He currently serves as an ambassador for Quickie Wheelchairs. Scott Todd Price received a bachelor of arts degree in history from Vanderbilt University before earning a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He also holds a master of law degree in taxation from George Washington University. A former Captain in the United States Marine Corps and Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) officer, Scott is Vice-President and General Counsel for Eller and Olsen Stone Company in Nashville. He is a founding board member of the Spina Bifida Foundation and a past vice-chair of the Lipscomb University Board of Trust; he has served in leadership for the Spina Bifida Association of Tennessee, Mental Health Association of Tennessee, and Tennessee Easter Seals. Scott Price and his wife, Ann H. Price, are the parents of two children, Pat and Rachel. The Prices reside in Nashville.

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"Has there ever been good news?" Intrigued by that challenging question, father and son Scott and Pat Price undertake an inspiring nationwide odyssey in search of goodwill. They determine to interview people in all fifty states, selecting people at random and asking them about the good things in their lives. The result is a refreshingly original study of attitudes, ambitions, and the condition of the American heart.

What they find in every person—whether a florist in Georgia, a pirate’s descendant in Alaska, a carriage driver in New York, or a Bosnian immigrant in North Dakota—is friendliness, trust, optimism, and an inherent desire to encourage others. This remarkable record of their encounters brings to life the fascinating, good-hearted people that Pat and Scott meet everywhere during their eleven-month journey. As they bid each person goodbye, the Prices leave a ten-dollar bill and the exhortation to use it to spread goodwill. Letters to Pat and Scott from their interview subjects reveal the rich fruit of those randomly distributed gifts and the impact the search for goodwill can have on others’ lives.

Looking for Goodwill resoundingly confirms that there is a vast reservoir of goodwill in people’s hearts all across America, and that there is good news every day and every where—if you look for it.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of Looking for Goodwill will go to support the Spina Bifida Foundation.

What they find in every personwhether a florist in Georgia, a pirates descendant in Alaska, a carriage driver in New York, or a Bosnian immigrant in North Dakotais friendliness, trust, optimism, and an inherent desire to encourage others. This remarkable record of their encounters brings to life the fascinating, good-hearted people that Pat and Scott meet everywhere during their eleven-month journey. As they bid each person goodbye, the Prices leave a ten-dollar bill and the exhortation to use it to spread goodwill. Letters to Pat and Scott from their interview subjects reveal the rich fruit of those randomly distributed gifts and the impact the search for goodwill can have on others lives.

Looking for Goodwill resoundingly confirms that there is a vast reservoir of goodwill in peoples hearts all across America, and that there is good news every day and every whereif you look for it.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of Looking for Goodwill will go to support the Spina Bifida Foundation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turner
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577363744
• ISBN 13: 9781577363743
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326