Ted Magnuson

The formation of the story grew step by step. When 66 Americans were taken hostage in 1979, I sensed the end of an era. Then my two sons began high school, some twenty or so years later. Recollections of my own days growing up came pouring in and across my mind. How to make sense of it all? The Bouchard Legacy is my look backwards, my stab at sensemaking into what I consdered to be a very chaotic time, a time of political assasinations, civil rights and war demonstrations spilling out into the streets ...Of course then along came 9/11 and the terrorists attacks. Growing up in this tumultous world has never been easy, but with a little help from our friends, our relatives, and the lenses proided by art and books, we all do somehow get by. My hope for you, brave reader is that as you read The Bouchard Legacy, you too will recall your own days crossing over the bridge that spans the gap between childhood and adult life.