One October Night
One October Night
A Memoir
by Leo McCarthy
160 pages, 6 X 9, softcover
ISBN: 978-159152-300-0
$16.95
On the night of October 27, 2007, three teenage girls were walking home after a day of football, family, and fun, when they were struck by an under-age drunk driver in a pickup who fled the scene. Two of the girls survived, forever changed. Fourteen-year-old Mariah Daye McCarthy did not. One October Night is the very personal story of Mariah’s family and their community in close-knit Butte, Montana, and the journey undertaken by Mariah’s father, Leo, as he seeks justice for his daughter and peace for his family, and a more lasting legacy for Mariah.
About the Author
Leo McCarthy was born and raised in Walkerville and Butte, Montana, the youngest of eleven children. He graduated from Montana Western College and held a series of jobs before finding his career with State Farm Insurance. He and his wife Janice (Rademacher) McCarthy were blessed with two gorgeous daughters, Jenna and Mariah. Mariah currently resides in heaven. Leo established the Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship Foundation and was selected as a CNN Top Ten Hero in 2012. A Montana Tech booster, he holds a Black Belt in Taekwondo. As a reader, Leo is especially drawn to the Roman Stoic philosophers and anything to do with history.