Touching Alphabetic Anthology by Jim Reuther Set to Exhibit at the Printers Row Lit Fest 2023

Every year, the Printers Row Lit Fest offers authors the opportunity to share their stories at a historic place in Chicago where countless books were printed and sold. It’s certainly another great opportunity for a retired professor-turned-writer Jim Reuther. However, despite his considerable scientific knowledge (a B.A., Ph.D., and then some), his book comes from a more emotional and personal place. He hopes that it will inspire many who would browse his book at the event.

His book “Gunky’s Adventures: In the Land of Must Believe” was inspired by one of the saddest moments of Reuther’s life when his wife passed away. Despite the loss, his wife had actually left him a most touching letter that encouraged him to finally pursue his passion for writing.

“Gunky’s Adventures” is a collection of Reuther’s most memorable personal experiences (with Gunky actually being one of his popular nicknames). The stories include the day he met the love of his life, the birth of his children, and some very notable turning points in his budding science career.

Some of these stories, however, are also significant in a historical sense. Several of them show his family’s direct proximity to a lot of cultural and societal shifts in America, and his words paint a vivid picture of someone who was right there as it all happened.

Readers can learn more about Jim Reuther’s incredible accounts when “Gunky’s Adventures: In the Land of Must Believe” goes on display at the self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet exhibit at the Printers Row Lit Fest 2023. The book fair and literary festival will occur at Printers Row Park in South Loop, Chicago, Illinois, on September 9-10, 2023. Get the book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. To learn more about the author and his other upcoming writing projects, visit https://www.jimreutherakagunky.com/.

“Gunky’s Adventures: In the Land of Must Believe”
Author | Jim Reuther
Published date | August 6, 2019
Publisher | LifeRich Publishing
Genre | Short Stories and Poetry

Author’s Biography
Jim Reuther won a BA-Chemistry (1973); MA-Chemistry (1976); and PhD-Fuel Science (1979). In 1984, he retired as Associate Professor-Fuel Science after advising the scholarly research of 5 PhD and 7 MS graduates. In 2015, he retired after 31 years from a global nonprofit R&D Institute as a Research Leader in Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Explosive Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense (WMD). He traveled from Alaska to Afghanistan as a subject matter expert investigating fires/explosions; defeating improvised explosive devices (IEDs); reducing IED fireball skin burns; collecting forensic intelligence on WMD; and demilitarizing chemical weapons. He has won 12 patents and an R&D100 Award for a Top Invention in the World (1996). Retirement plans include writing more short stories and poetry as a “Light Whisperer,” and articles on soccer referee training. He is a 2011 inductee into the Ohio Soccer Hall of Fame as a Referee. He is widowed from Theresa (BA English-1973; BS Nursing-Cum Laude-1994), to whom he was married for 36 years. He has two adult children and a life wonderfully lived.

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