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Born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, Pat Conrad graduated from Seabreeze High School in 1967 and a year later, moved to the red dirt hills of Georgia. Although his intense love for the beach will never die, Pat and his family have all adopted north Georgia as their home, where Pat is an avid outdoorsman. Pat lives with his wife Vicki and has two grown children, Zack and Charity, five beautiful grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Currently, he and Vicki enjoy living in the country outside of Toccoa, Georgia. They are both active at Toccoa Christian Church, where Pat serves as an elder.

When as a young man Pat Conrad gave up a good job and left the United States in search of greener pastures in Australia, he didn’t know what he would find—or even if he would come back at all. During the next thirteen months, his freewheeling spirit and thirst for adventure brought him in contact with a parade of unforgettable characters. With refreshing honesty and a keen wit, Same Red Dirt recounts Pat’s experiences working at Sydney’s infamous Callan Park Mental Hospital, where he spent time among some of the world’s most criminally insane; his escape to the sandy beaches near Sydney; his hair-raising experiences down the red dirt roads of Australia’s rugged Outback; and his series of unusual jobs as he made his way throughout the country. In this “R-rated Christian memoir,” Pat shares how his bad choices along the way, and his desire to fill a hole in his heart, led to a major change in his life.

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Category: Teen & Young Adult; Biographies & Memoirs