The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow
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The Pale-Faced Lie
- A True Story
- By: David Crow
- Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
About this listen
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 24 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.
©2019 David Crow (P)2020 Tantor
Wil D
A Sad, Riveting Childhood Tale
When I purchased this audiobook, for some reason I thought it would be tamer. It turned out to be one of the most riveting books I’ve read this year.
David Crow tells his story about his childhood memories from a clear first person perspective. The story he tells about growing up with his parents, especially his father, is so appalling it almost seems like fiction.
David’s portrayals of growing up, believing, as we all do, what his father told him and then learning how to navigate the fine line between his father’s tepid acceptance of him and being beaten for the slightest infractions are disturbing, to the point I had to stop listening at times.
This book will leave you wanting to understand why these types of parents exist and what can we do to help those children that are in their clutches. You must read this book.
Laura J. Castagna
Great book!
I listen to Audible books while taking long bike rides or when traveling. This book sparked my interest from the beginning and carried me thru to the end. Well done David Crow, well done. Thank you for sharing your story.