The PaleFaced Lie, David Crow
The PaleFaced Lie, David Crow
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The Pale-Faced Lie
A True Story

Author: David Crow

Narrator: Kaipo Schwab

Unabridged: 11 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/28/2020


Synopsis

Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies—even murder.

A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her nothing. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father.

Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to stop helping his father with his criminal activities, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a showdown with Thurston Crow. With lives at stake, including his own, David would have only twenty-four hours to outsmart his father—the brilliant, psychotic man who bragged that the three years he spent in the notorious San Quentin State Prison had been the easiest time of his life.

About David Crow

David Crow spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he managed to escape his abusive childhood, graduate from college, and build a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Today, David is a sought-after speaker, giving talks to various businesses and trade organizations around the world. Throughout the years, he has mentored over 200 college interns, performed pro bono service for the charitable organization Save the Children, and participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. David and his wife, Patty, live in the suburbs of DC.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on March 09, 2019

This book is just as amazing as the author who wrote it. David is a life long friend - since we sat together in 7th period Science at Kensington Junior High over 50 years ago. David was always a good story teller. Kids would gather around his desk to hear stories of living on an Indian reservation i......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on September 09, 2019

This is a heartbreaking, utterly riveting memoir. The writing is absolutely fantastic. Crow describes growing up under circumstances I cannot image surviving. With an abusive father and mentally disturbed mother, his older sister became the de facto mother at the age of seven to him, who was then th......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 15, 2019

I know Dave personally and have worked with him professionally. Over the years we've attended social events, sporting events, business meetings, and have golfed together. In the course of our conversations I've picked up numerous snippets of his family relationships, hints of abuse, many stories of......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on December 12, 2024

Much of this book was full of trauma, and while I don’t want to downplay any of it, there’s been so much written about disgusting wrongs people have endured by those who supposedly love them that it was also hard to read with a high compassion meter. I had to keep reminding myself that these are exp......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielė || book.duo on August 31, 2022

Kokia tragiška istorija. Apie vyrą ir moterį, kurie neturėjo tinkamų įgūdžių būti tėvais. Net jei iš šono jie galėjo atrodyti kaip niekuo neišsiskirianti šeima, net jei ir vaikai juos savaip mylėjo – šis romanas yra vienas tikriausių įrodymų, kad ne visi yra pajėgūs apsaugoti, išauklėti, užauginti i......more