03212cam a2200565 i 4500 2572941755 TxAuBib 20250919120000.0 190513s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018960909 9780997487176 hardback 0997487178 hardback 9780997487152 paperback 0997487151 paperback 9780997487190 ebook 0997487194 ebook (OCoLC)1101121999 TxAuBib rda Crow, David, author. The Pale-Faced Lie : A True Story / David Crow. Boulder, CO : Sandra Jonas Publishing, [2019] ©2019. 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his three 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 with 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 twenty-four 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." -- Amazon.com. 20250919. Crow, David. Crow, Thurston. Navajo Indians Biography. Cherokee Indians Biography. Fathers and sons Biography. Adult child abuse victims United States Biography. Children of criminals United States Biography. Criminals United States Biography. Child abuse United States Case studies. Family violence United States Case studies. Autobiography. autobiographies (literary works.) aat Autobiographies. fast Biographies. fast Case studies. fast Autobiographies. lcgft Autobiographies. rvmgf Case studies. lcgft