Memoir recounts multi-faceted life of Walter Braud

Walter Braud had a long career in law spanning 50 years- most of it in Rock Island. Beyond his legal work, Braud's life also included teaching, a business proposition in Ghana, a cab ride with members of the Chicago mafia and singing in a doo-wop group. 

Today, he joins the 21st to discuss his memoir, Bessie's Prayer. 

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Walter Braud 
Author, "Bessie's Prayer"
[Retired] Chief Judge of Illinois' 14th Judicial Circuit