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is the story of Glenn Turner's fall from grace, power and
wealth. |
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| The story of this charismatic, dynamic young man's rise from
his humble beginnings, grinding poverty, his birth in a
charity ward, handicapped with a severe speech impairment,
disfigured by a harelip, and disadvantaged by a meager
education, was chronicled by John Frasca in a book called,
"Con Man Or Saint?" and in a motion picture produced by Earl Owensby, entitled "Dare To Be Great." This book is not an
attempt to rehash Frasca's books or Owensby's movie in other
words, in another way, nor is there any need to. These works
were excellent and stand alone. This is the story of what
happened to Glenn Turner, after he "made it," after the
period covered in the book and movie. |
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This a story that has never been told but cries out to be
told. |
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This is a story, a true story, just as the characters in the
book lived it. |
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In the words of
the legendary Clark Stone, " The names of some of
the characters, places and circumstances have been
changed to protect the guilty."
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| This is
a story of government persecution, prejudice and
abuse of power, spawned by the Richard Nixon
Watergate era. It is a story of a tragic, willful,
systematic destruction of a man and his people, for
the purpose of passing laws against a system of
marketing, a feat that would be the making of a lot
of people's reputations. Fanned by the flames of
irresponsible yellow journalism and executed by
young prosecutors who were like young surgeons fresh
out of medical school and yearning to cut on
someone, anyone, to test these skills. These young
men and women could not wait to get into court.
Glenn Turner was a suitable victim. Meaning well,
and perhaps even bringing themselves to believe they
were fighting the "good fight," these government
officials were not ignorant of the acclaim and
prominence they would garner by bringing down a man
of Glenn Turner's stature. Most of them needed
little invitation to hop aboard the band wagon and
join the lynching party of Glenn Turner and his
people. |
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| They were
successful. Glenn Turner was stripped of his wealth,
reputation, his companies, and even his family. They
were so successful that even today, some 20+ years
afterward, there are many people who never met Glenn
Turner, or were involved in any way, who accept
without question that the man was a crook, a
swindler, a cheat, as the government said he was,
forgetting that the government of that day was
proven to be the abusers of power, corrupt and
consummate liars. |
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And what about Glenn Turner? Is he embittered, soured on
life, licking his wounds? No! Glenn Turner today still
maintains his love of God, country and his fellow human
beings. He cares about people and works tirelessly for the
benefit of others as he always has. He has run for public
office twice. Each time he was able to raise the funds for
his race, run a credible, clean campaign, addressing the
issues and did well at the polls. In his first race, at the
height of his legal problems. Glenn Turner ran for the U.S.
Senate from the State of Florida. Gagged by the Judge,
awaiting a second trail on mail fraud, fighting extradition
to New York State and totally without experience in
campaigning or politics, he scored high in the race,
confounding his tormentors. He beat six worthy opponents,
one of them the former President of the Florida Bar
Association. While he did not get into the runoff race, he
helped many people change their opinion of him.
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This is the story of the way a man and his people were
treated. In the opinion of the writers, it was unfair,
un-American, and unconscionable. It is one more black mark
against the Watergate government of Richard Nixon and
further indication as to how far that corruption spread
before it was brought down. This story would have been
unbelievable a few years ago. Now knowing the excesses of
government and the press of that shameful era of our
country's history, it is credible and should be told.
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| John Frasca |
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| Mr. Frasca always
felt it was his destiny and purpose to let the Turner Story
be told and the truth be heard. As a highly acclaimed
investigative journalist, he began to research the
accomplishments of Glenn Turner -- which led to two of his
books, "Con Man or Saint?" and "The Unstoppable Glenn
Turner". He also wrote " GWT Changed The World for Me" and
"A Fun Book from a sharecropper's 100 Best Stories". These
will soon be available in eBook form. So check back |
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| John Frasca was a native of
Lynn, MA, and a graduate of Mississippi College. He served
as a Marine Corps Officer in World War II, worked for
newspapers in Mississippi, Texas, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Florida and had written articles for This
Week, American Mercury and Colliers. In addition to the
Pulitzer Prize, he received 35 major awards for journalism,
including the Heywood Broun Award. |
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| A series of highly acclaimed articles
for the Tampa Tribune not only brought freedom to a man
falsely imprisoned but also brought to John Frasca
journalism's highest honors the Pulitzer Prize and the
Heywood Broun Award. |
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| His book, "THE
MULBERRYTREE," received a special Edgar Allan Poe Award. |
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