A Personal Odyssey

Name: A Personal Odyssey
ISBN: 9780684864655

Thomas Sowell

Free Press · Print & ebook · February 5, 2002

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Genres: Biography & Memoir, Political Lives, Lives in Education
Published: Free Press, February 5, 2002

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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.

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A Biography pick that pairs personal voice with a list-friendly pull.

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memoir-adjacent perspective
clean, unadorned prose

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Thomas Sowell’s signature point of view
a reflective, literary register

Where it sits

Biography & Memoir	42%
Lives in Education	28%
Political Lives	23%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Biography & Memoir
Cultural Heritage Lives
Philosophers' Lives

Authors: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Free Press
Published: February 5, 2002
Format: Print & ebook
Reading lane: Biography & Memoir