"Please Stand Up" is the unforgettable story of a man who never knew his father and discovers him at last – on a video of the classic TV quiz show "To Tell the Truth" from 1961. It's a one-of-a-kind (and completely true) excursion through offbeat chapters of the American parade.
Join in Keith Mason's fascinating journey to investigate his father's mysterious identity. There are eight brothers and sisters he never heard of (including an honored Ohio detective), and an unknown grandfather and reporter killed by a corrupt sheriff in 1949 amid a famous Texas election conspiracy involving a future U.S. president.
Mason grew up an only child raised by a single mother and nurse in the 1950s-60s. At age sixty-four he stumbles into an extraordinary journey filled with scandal, crime, abandoned children and violent tragedy. The author must break through his emotional barriers to confront a troubling family history, sparked by a missing dad whose own parents were ripped away. Yet Keith finds himself closer to his father than he ever anticipated (in a totally unexpected way), as he deals with anger and forgiveness and races the clock to meet siblings who might be separated from him for good.
