John Hoyte is one of six children of British missionaries in China, John Hoyte grew up in a life built on family and faithu2015until World War II swept through, putting him and his siblings in a Japanese internment camp for six long years. Grit, determination, and imagination were the only way to surviveu2015and they became the basis for the seven decades that followed, marked by such amazing exploits for Hoyte as leading an elephant across the Alps to follow in Hannibal's path and perfecting an invention that launched a 50-year career in Silicon Valley.
PERSISTENCE OF LIGHT: A READING BY JOHN HOYTE
Speaker(s): John Hoyte
Date: Spring 2019
Length: 53m
Product ID: RGDL4902K
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Enjoy a special reading with John Hoyte, author of the remarkable chronicle, Persistence of Light.
John has had a fascinating life, ranging from imprisonment in China alongside Eric Liddell, to leading an elephant over the Alps, and eventually founding a tech company early on in Silicon Valleyu2014all of which he documents in Persistence of Light.
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