This is a brief BIO of J.G. "PAW-PAW" Pinkerton, Storyteller

Born and raised in Texas where he counts Junction, Texas as his hometown.
Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Graduated from The University of
Texas at Austin in 1952.

Worked for Texasgulf, Inc. ( a natural resource mining company) in various
administrative capacities for 37 years during which he and his family lived in
Newgulf, Texas; Moab, Utah; Perth, Western Australia,; and Stamford,
Connecticut -- where, initially,, he commuted weekly to work in Panama for
four years. In1981, he became manager of the corporate headquarters. He
and his wife have three children and seven grandchildren.

He started his second career after he flew out of Dallas, TX in 1982 on an
American Airlines jet and read an article in the airlines' giveaway magazine
about the renaissance of storytelling already underway in this country. After
retirement from Texasgulf at the end of 1988, he has devoted his full time to 
telling, teaching, writing, and promoting storytelling.

J.G. served six years on the Board of Directors of the 6,000 member
National Storytelling Association... also known as NAPPS (the National
Association for the Preservation an Perpetuation of Storytelling). He is
currently on the Board of Governors of the International Storytelling center
in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

In 1988, he  launched "TELLABRATION! The Night of Storytelling" which,
over the past years, has spread around the world to more than three
hundred sites in 44 states, 11 countries, on 6 continents. In 2002, "Paw Paw"
was invited to Japan where he appeared in four Tellabrations.

Appearances at Storytelling Festivals range as far afield as Australia and
Ireland. In 1997, he was a Featured Teller at the 25th annual National
Storytelling Festival, the "granddaddy of them all," in Jonesborough, TN.

He travels extensively performing and teaching and promoting the Art of 
Storytelling. With a repertoire that includes Biblical and Sacred Stories, he
 has told in churches from New England to California. Also, he has told stories o
on radio and television, done voice-overs, and appeared in commercials.

He says, "Storytelling keeps the present in touch with the past, reaffirms
values, and passes on wisdom in an entertaining and memorable manner. It is
for everyone."