Personal Odyssey, a

Zusatztext William Julius Wilson Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor! Harvard University! and author of The Truly Disadvantaged Thomas Sowell's A Personal Odyssey is a tour de force. After reading this very engaging and well-written memoir! readers will clearly understand why Sowell! a man who does not sacrifice his principles! is one of the most provocative and influential public intellectuals in the last half century. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been a professor of economics at leading American colleges and universities and has lectured in Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as across the United States. Klappentext This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. Zusammenfassung This is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks! as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines! the Ivy League! and a career as a controversial writer! teacher! and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPreface1. Carolina in the Morning2. In Old New York3. A Four-Leaf Clover4. Halls of Montezuma5. Halls of Ivy6. Drifting Along7. Cayuga's Waters8. Movin' On9. California, Here I Come10. Arrivederci11. September Song12. Memories

Product details

• Authors: Sowell, Thomas Sowell
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780684864655
• ISBN: 978-0-684-86465-5
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, Black & Asian Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional