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Crossing the River Styx – WMRA Books & Brews
February 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Our February Books & Brews discussion will feature Dr. Todd C. Peppers discussing, Crossing the River Styx, the memoir of a Death Row Chaplain.
Tuesday, February 13, 2023 at 7pm.
Live at Seven Arrows Brewing Company, and available later on WMRA’s Youtube Channel and on Facebook.
Signed copies of Crossing the River Styx will will be available at the event and online at Stone Soup Books – https://www.stonesoupbooks.net/
WMRA’s Books & Brews is made possible thanks to our series sponsor, Gaines Group Architects. The Gaines Group has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.
About the Book
The Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years, raged against the inequities of the death penalty—now outlawed in Virginia—while ministering to the men condemned to die in the 1980s and 1990s.
Many chaplains get to know the condemned men only in these final moments. Ford, however, spent years working with the men of Virginia’s death row, forging close bonds with the condemned and developing a nuanced understanding of their crimes, their early struggles, and their challenges behind bars. His unusual ministry makes this memoir a unique and compelling read, a moving and unflinching portrait of Virginia’s death row inmates. Revealing the cruelties of the state-sanctioned violence that has until recently prevailed in our backyard, Crossing the River Styx serves as a cautionary tale for those who still support capital punishment.
