{"product_id":"personal-odyssey","title":"A Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Horowitz author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Son\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. In our time, no one has written more wisely on the issues of culture and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Julius Wilson Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Truly Disadvantaged\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Sowell's \u003ci\u003eA Personal Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Carolina in the Morning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. In Old New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. A Four-Leaf Clover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Halls of Montezuma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Halls of Ivy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Drifting Along\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Cayuga's Waters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8. Movin' On\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9. California, Here I Come\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10. Arrivederci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11. September Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12. Memories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorman Podhoretz author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Love Affair with America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This account of Thomas Sowell's \"odyssey\" is an indispensable clue to the mystery of how he managed to become the extraordinary man he is and one of the few intellectuals of our time who deserves to be called heroic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Sowell\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Cosmic Justice, The Vision of the Anointed, Ethnic America, \u003c\/i\u003e and several other books. His essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFortune, \u003c\/i\u003e and are syndicated in 150 newspapers. He lives in Stanford, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549859078330,"sku":"9780684864655","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_17217db7-3225-4742-87c1-94081ef578bb.jpg?v=1769770785","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/personal-odyssey","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}