My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Thomas, Clarence

Verlag: Harperluxe, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 2007

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication; and Preface. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. Remainder mark at upper page edge (see photographs). All pages are in very fine condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). Harperluxe is the Larger Print volume; "Seeing is Believing". "Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23, 1948, into a life marked by poverty and hunger. His parents divorced when Thomas was still a baby, and his father moved north to Philadelphia, leaving his young mother to raise him and his brother and sister on the ten dollars a week she earned as a maid. At age seven, Thomas and his six-year-old brother were sent to live with his mother's father, Myers Anderson, and her stepmother in their Savannah home. It was a move that would forever change Thomas's life. His grandfather, whom he called "Daddy", was a black man with a strict work ethic, trying to raise a family in the years of Jim Crow. Thomas witnessed his grandparents' steadfastness despite injustices, their hopefulness despite bigotry, and their deep love for their country. His own quiet ambition would propel him to Holy Cross and Yale Law School, and eventually - despite a bitter, highly contested public confirmation - to the highest court in the land. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time, and pays homage to the man who made it possible.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008095

Bibliografische Details

Titel: My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir [FIRST ...

Verlag: Harperluxe, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Soft cover

Illustrator: Feingold, Deborah (cover photograph)

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition