Bellingham author Clyde Ford is an innovator.
At 7pm Tues., Sept. 2, at The Leopold Crystal Ballroom, Ford will begin his national book tour of Precious Cargo and will be preseting a 20-minute special features video narrated by Morgan Freeman and features readings by Ruby Dee and by Roscoe Orman, who's best known as Gordon on "Sesame Street," and by Swil Kanim, the Lummi actor, storyteller and violinist who starred in Sherman Alexie's movie "The Business of Fancydancing."
The video isn't a movie version of the book. It is something new and innovative.
Ford wants to encourage readers. "We're in danger of losing a generation of potential readers," Ford said. "I wanted to show that a book was every bit as engaging as a film."
The story takes place in Northwest Washington and Clyde Ford takes the reader on a journey in this beautiful part of the world. His website is another of his innovations connecting readers to places in the story through Google Earth.
We are fortunate to have Clyde Ford living here among us.
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