Bill Reaves, Determined to Keep the Faith

Peter Hvizdale

New Haven Journal-Courier

Seventy-year-old man lost arm in construction accident after 27 years on the job and lets nobody take pity on him. Bill Reaves sells and repairs tires. After lost arm he worked as a trucker driving a 10-wheel rig. Then opened a grocery store that was destroyed in the race riots of the 60's.

Peter Hvizdale, "Bill Reaves, Determined to Keep the Faith," in POYi Archive, Item #10032, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10032 (accessed November 23, 2024).