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Product description ALACRITY - PUBLIC RELATIONS, POLITICS & JOURNALISM IN WEST VIRGINIA, is a memoir by Charlie Ryan who founded West Virginia's foremost public relations/advertising agency, Charles Ryan Associates. Ryan's personal recollections cover his 50 years as a broadcaster, agency owner, and university dean. From the railroad town he grew up in, to his role in journalism and agency operations in West Virginia, Virginia and Washington D.C., Ryan's personal stories paint a vivid picture of rollicking public figures, a lifetime of challenges, wins and losses, and the ability to grow a personal service firm with staying power. In his foreword, journalist and business owner Jack Canfield says, "Those who need inspiration to find their goal will see this as a gift—a manual of inspiration." About the Author Charlie Ryan is the founder of West Virginia's foremost public relations/advertising agency, Charles Ryan Associates. His seventeen year journalism career in radio, television, newspaper and wire service saw him covering presidents, governors, and thousands of colorful public and private figures in West Virginia and Missouri. Leaving the broadcast world he founded public relations and advertising firms in West Virginia, Virginia and Washington, D.C. In his third career he was the founding dean of the University of Charleston Graduate School of Business in Charleston, WV. His personal recollections are a journey through fifty years of learning, teaching and lasting friendships.