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Buck Seventy Two: A Destiny of Will
Buck Seventy Two: A Destiny of Will
Buck Seventy Two: A Destiny of Will
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Enfield, North Carolina isn’t a large spot on the map, but for a young Larry Perkins, it was his whole world. Born to a sharecropper father and a mother who dreamed of a fine life, Larry’s childhood was tumultuous. In early childhood, his mother abandoned him and left to New York City to chase her dreams. Larry spent the first 9 years of his life bouncing from family member to family member before landing in his father and stepmother’s home. His father soon enslaved him, forcing him to work - day and night on the farm. The rules and demands of sharecropping life left little time for play, and work quickly overshadowed school.

Through hard work in the fields and his refusal to quit, Larry found a path out of the poverty. Armed with just a few dollars, Larry ran away at the age of 16. He purchased a one-way ticket to New York with the goal of finding his mother. When he arrived in The Big City all he had was $1.72, his courage and his persistence. Through the hardships Larry was able to use these traits to bring him from farm to fame.

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Release dateMay 7, 2015
ISBN9781311934291
Buck Seventy Two: A Destiny of Will
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Larry Perkins, CFE, CPP, CMP

Mr. Perkins is a veteran Sports and Entertainment venue management expert, including 24 years as Vice President at the Meadowlands Sports Authority (home to the New York Football Giants and Jets, IZod Center and Meadowlands Racetrack. Former home to the N.B.A. Nets, N.H.L. N.J. Devils, N.C.A.A. Section Hall Basketball, NASCAR Grand Prix, M.I.S.L. Cosmos Soccer and a host of other world-class events).He has met, collaborated with and/or planned for numerous celebrities and dignitaries, including six U.S. Presidents, Pope John Paul, II and Dick Cheney. Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Whitney Houston, Dianna Ross, Donald Trump, Mario Andretti, Christie Brinkley, Luciano Pavarotti, Chris Evert, Jimmy Conner, Willis Reed, Hank Aaron, Don Imus, Björn Borg and John McEnroe, and so many more. He currently serves as Vice President and Assistant General Manager, PNC Arena/Carolina Hurricane, in Raleigh, NC.He is the author of Crowd Safety and Survival – Practical Event and Public Gathering Safety Tips, 2004; Crowd Management; in the eye of the storm, 1997; and children’s books Jake the Cowhand and Jasper the Rabbit, and has written numerous articles for the I.A.V.M. Facility Manager magazine, Stadia magazine, Teen People magazine and others. He is an internationally renowned Crowd Management expert. More recently, Larry appeared on E.S.P.N.’s “Outside the Lines” and a NBC TV Dateline segment on crowd safety and survival entitled, “Get Out Alive.” He recently published his memoir, Buck Seventy-Two, and Life Choices (a companion book), in October 2015.

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