Historical Biography - United States - General & Miscellaneous, Success, Motivation & Self-Esteem
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Overview
The author crisscrossed the country to interview eight unique men and women. Here are the vivid accounts of how they used education as their springboard to success. 8 photos.Editorials
School Library Journal
YA Tennis pro Arthur Ashe, Mayor Henry Cisneros, television writer Ka ren Hall, engineer Anthony Kahn, Vietnam engineer Winston Hong Lieu, lawyer Suzanne Saunders, executive Sybil Jordan Stevenson, and Represen tative Carolyn Thompson overcame poverty and prejudice to achieve suc cess. Although Holloway's readable, upbeat chapters contain information about family and schooling and frank quotes from the subjects about the diffi culties they encountered, he glosses over problems to highlight the achieve ments made possible by education. Nonetheless, each of the eight individ uals is a worthy role model for today's youth. Alice Conlon, University of HoustonBook Details
Published
January 1, 1988
Publisher
College Board
Pages
170
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780874472912