The Last Leadholders: Quest for Fulfillment by Richard Deatherage

In this honest and poignant memoir, The Last Leadholders: Quest for Fulfillment, author Richard Deatherage discovers that after a lifelong career as an architectural draughtsman, computers are taking over and he is one of the last pencil holders in the industry. Looking back at his military father’s career, and his resulting nomadic childhood growing up in the heart of Jim Crow’s segregated America, Deatherage draws from his life’s lessons to find peace and fulfillment for the future. Editing slips and a generally shaggy-dog-style tale slow the read down, but the author’s intention is all heart, for an intriguing portrait of personal and shared history from the 60s onward.