About Buck Seventy-Two
ABOUT US
From Farm to Fame
In Buck Seventy-Two, Larry Perkins has penned an astonishingly honest memoir which is highly relevant for the times in which we live. He enthralls the reader with a realistic and colorful depiction of the life of a sharecropper in the South in the middle of the twentieth century. His stories are captivating, and often heartbreaking, it evokes childhood memories that conjure both joyful moments and frightening recollections. Abandoned by their mother, Perkins assumed the role of surrogate parent for his siblings.
It shares lessons learned from being deprived, the search for belonging, the remembrance of those who had a poignant and significant impact and heart-warming memories of school, playtime, reaching goals and achieving success.
James P. Cain, Esq.
U.S. Ambassador Denmark (Ret.)
Crowd Management
Crowd and Event Management
Perkins, an Internationally Renowned Crowd Management expert and author of “Buck Seventy-Two, A Destiny of Will,” 2015, “Crowd Safety and Survival – Practical Event and Public Gathering Safety Tips,” 2004; “Crowd Management; in the eye of the storm”, 1997; Eight Point Crowd and Event Planning Model, 2007 and has written numerous articles for the IAVM Facility Manager Magazine, Stadia Magazine, Teen People Magazine and others. More recently, Larry appeared on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” and a NBC TV Dateline segment on crowd safety and survival entitled, “Get Out Alive.”
He is a Certified Facilities Executive (CFE), a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and a Crowd Management Professional (CMP). As a Private Investigator, he held a Department of Defense Top Secret Clearance.