My Shadow Ran Fast
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Bill Sands entered San Quentin State Prison as a teenager facing three consecutive life sentences, and by the time he was nineteen he was on a path he later admitted could have ended in a killing. This memoir traces how a violent, restless young man arrived at that point and what he set out to do with the rest of his life. The narrative moves through a remarkable run of work, from flying and prize-ring boxing to comedy and diamond mining, showing how far one man's ambitions could stretch once his direction had changed.
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Sands wrote the book around the principles of success laid out by Napoleon Hill, which he credited with shaping his climb from the bottom of society toward respectability. The story is about a man learning to take hold of his own life, and it is also a close look at prison and at the chance to rebuild a life after release.
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