My Shadow Ran Fast

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Bill Sands Find more information about: Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. He spent his life working hard and trying his hand at everything--succeeding at almost everything he put his mind to. But no matter how well settled he was, he was never content and continued to move on from one thing to another.

This is the story of the people he met along the way, the development of his faith and ideals, and how he discovered his life's calling to make a difference in the lives of youth and give them more options than a path to jail. The book was very well written and a joy to read. There were so many quotable, excellent points of reason that I found even though I had borrowed the book I immediately had to order my own copy so I could mark it up to share its wisdom with others.

I couldn't find much online about Bill Sands, which greatly disappointed me, but this book was sure a great legacy to leave behind him. I think people should read this book because it has a good moral to it. My Shadow Ran Fast shows the reader that no matter how bad life is, a person should not give up but keep going and use what was bad to motivate him.

Bill Sands goes to help other people who are in jail and are going through what he went through which helps them realize there can be a good ending to things. He does not try to give the reader the soft and I think people should read this book because it has a good moral to it. He does not try to give the reader the soft and sweet version but instead lays it out just the way it happens. Bill Sands wrote a real life story.

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It is not fiction but is his life story from childhood to adulthood. He tells the real-life version of what he went through and how he dealt with it. Nowadays, book stores are filled with books of redemption. Not so much in the sixties when this book was written in simple, clear and unapologetic language. Sands, a punk and petty criminal on the fast track to oblivion is "saved" by prison.

Likely to die or kill on the streets if not arrested, Sands rehabilitation was so dramatic that he was released from a life sentence after less than three years. I read this many years ago and it has been mostly lost in the onrush of other books, but it has Nowadays, book stores are filled with books of redemption.

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I read this many years ago and it has been mostly lost in the onrush of other books, but it has retained for me the power of love and hope to smooth out the cruel bent life often gives to our character. This biography follows the life of Bill Sands. The judge gave him a sentence that could have kept him behind bars in San Quentin for life. What finally changed Bill is what made this a truely inspiring read.

May 21, Courtney rated it really liked it. I haven't read this book for many years, but the things this man went through in his life and how it all ended up are really an amazing story. I can not recommend the book because it's been more than 10 years since I read it and cannot say as to how graphic it is or how well written it is.

According to my memory, I loved the book and could not believe that it is autobiographical, it reads like fiction. Feb 25, Mommy Farris added it Shelves: I have very vivid memories of reading this book in the eigth grade. The book has images of abuse that still haunt me today.

MY SHADOW RAN FAST by Bill Bands | Kirkus Reviews

I wish certain adults would be more careful about the type of literature they recommend to children. I've heard many teachers, and other adults, say that they don't really care what kids read, as long as they read. This book is a good example of why I adamantly disagree. Feb 22, April rated it really liked it. This book was very intriguing. It is a man who landed himself in prison when he was still a teenager. It describes how he changed and how he found meaning in life.

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I felt like it got a bit slow for a while, but I really liked the principles it taught about our power to change and our power to help people. May 28, Bob rated it it was amazing Shelves: Bill Sand's story influenced me when I read this, while I was a senior in HS, and still influences me now. About 45 years later. He travelled down a hard road, one I would certainly not want to emulate, and was surprisingly upbeat about it all.

With an attitude of, here is what happened, there were the consequences for me, and yes -- I survived. Sep 11, Dianne Throop rated it liked it.

My Shadow Ran Fast

True story of a man who turned his life around after spending most of his life in prison. He spoke at Abilene High School in the mid 's. After hearing him, I read the book and enjoyed his story again. Sep 04, Pandemo rated it it was amazing. Along the way he had been a pilot, a boxer, a comedian and a diamond miner. He died in , but he left behind as his legacy this exciting story of his life so that others may benefit from his incredible experiences. Who was Napoleon Hill? As a lecturer, author and advisor to two Presidents, he devoted his life to creating a formula for success, consisting of 17 principles anyone can learn.

His success system unleashes your power to control your life just as Bill Sands did. Why read this book? Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve! The Napoleon Hill Foundation is a non-profit charitable educational organization dedicated to disseminating the works of Napoleon Hill in an effort to make a better world for this and future generations. It was designed to reach the hard core convict population, the men and women who are often the leaders within the institutions, with an end goal of reducing recidivism.

Bill Sands and Reverend Post used the basics of the 12 Step Program and applied them, in principle, to getting out of prison and staying out. It is vital that ex-offenders are involved and giving back to the serving offender, whether it is in an institution or in the community.