As this 2008 school year for most Gwinnett County school students start to become more routine,and as the days start to become shorter and shorter ,day by day,after Labor Day.

The electrifying notions that runs wild in the minds of our kids start to focus on the upcoming holiday,which is Halloween.

During this time many students discuss with their friends and family members about who and what they are going to be on this sacred day of "Trick or Treat".

Are you going to dress-up as a wicket witch,a jolly goblin,Batman or a revived Elvis.

They are all great choices to choose from.You see,Halloween is about showing your respect to your own special super hero and/or role model.

Unfortunately most kids have only the opportunity to admire fictional characters from comic books,movies,music and some from sports teams.

But for you little ones who are just learning to walk ,by the time you start going door-to-door to Trick or Treat,perhaps you might want to consider a "Real Life" hero from Georgia.
His name is Elliott Brack,a true hero of Georgia....And a people's champion of Gwinnett County.
He is an editor, educator, writer ,journalist publisher and author.
MEET ELLIOTT BRACK
Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta

PEEK INSIDE THE BOOK

* Table of contents
* Index of people
* Charts
* Excerpts
* Reviews
* Gwinnett Quiz

A "MUST HAVE" BOOK
"Having an interest in Gwinnett County history, particularly since 1950, Elliott Brack's book, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, is a must have.
"Informative and enlightening, it gives the origin and development of the all the major governmental agencies and a picture of the business community as well a highlighting those persons who made it happen. Elliott's book, containing little known facts and long forgotten stories, explaining the phenomenal growth of one of the fastest growing counties in the nation will be read and quoted for years to come."

-- Lawrenceville attorney Jones Webb

Elliott Brack is a native Georgian, a graduate of Mercer University and holds a master's degree from the University of Iowa.

http://www.elliottbrack.com/

He for 12 years published a weekly newspaper, the Wayne County Press in Jesup, Ga., and for 12 years he was vice president and general manager of Gwinnett Daily News, He also held a similar position with the Marietta Daily Journal. He has also been a visiting associate professor of journalism for nine years at the University of Georgia, teaching newspaper management.

For another 13 years, he was associate publisher of the Gwinnett section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and wrote a column about Gwinnett four times a week. He presently is publishing GeorgiaClips, an executive news digest of Georgia produced each business day, and GwinnettForum, an Internet moderated discussion site. He's also working on a book on the recent history of Gwinnett County.

Among his civic activities:

• Citizen of the Year, 1994, named by Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.
• Former president of the Georgia Press Association.
• Former chairman of the Metro Atlanta American Red Cross chapter.
• Chairman of a successful $1.5 million fund drive for the new YMCA in Peachtree Corners.
• Chairman of a successful $4.2 million fund drive for a new Salvation Army facility in Lawrenceville.
• Chairman and president since 1979 of The Red and Black Publishing Company, the independent student daily newspaper at the University of Georgia,. In 2002, the newspaper opened new $2 million home for the newspaper in Athens, which it now occupies.
• Board Member, Atlanta Salvation Army
• Founding chairman of Leadership Gwinnett.
• Founding and current chairman, Senior Leadership Gwinnett
• Former chairman, Board of Trustees, Leadership Gwinnett.
• Trustee, Atlanta History Center
• Member for 15 years of Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, representing the Southern Newspapers.
• Delegate to Diocese of Atlanta Councils since 1980.
• President, Eastern Continental Divide Association

He and his wife, Barbara, live in Norcross. They have three adult children and two grandaughters. They are members of Christ Episcopal Church. Among his avocations are traveling and hiking in the North Georgia mountains.
For more information and to purchase his latest book,please make sure to visit his site: http://www.elliottbrack.com/ .
If you have a historian in your family,his book will make a Great Christmas Gift!