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Kenneth R. Strange Jr.

Goodreads Author

Born

in Brooklyn, NY, The United States

Website

http://www.kennethstrange.com

Twitter

knightstemplar

Genre

Travel, Memoir, Crime

Member Since

September 2019

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Kenneth R. Strange Jr. (1955- ) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He spent a Junior Year abroad in Spain studying at the University of Madrid, Facultad de Letras y Filosofia. Ken later taught high school Spanish and English as a Second Language in New York and the Middle East.

Following in the law enforcement shoes of his father, Ken served as Special Agent with the FBI and DOJ OIG in Newark, NJ, Washington DC, Costa Rica, El Salvador, El Paso, TX and Los Angeles, California.

A lifelong writer, Ken's first book "It's Your Camino: One Couple's 500-mile Pilgrimage Across Spain" was a 2021 IPPY award winner (Silver) in the Travel Essay category and a 2022 Catholic Association Award (CMA) winner as well as earning a #2 spot in the Top 10 Camino Bo ...more

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Kenneth R. Strange Jr.'s Blog

My First, My Last, My Greatest Goal!

That I found myself, a grown man weeping to see the sight should have been no surprise to those who know me. As Leonel Messi, indubitably soccer’s GOAT, hoisted the gold World Cup trophy to the rapture of his younger teammates, I too, felt that my life in soccer, aka fútbol, had come full circle. Mine were tears of joy.

I consider myself a lucky man—in my lifetime I have witnessed Brazil’s Pelé,