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A Personal Odyssey

A Personal Odyssey

A Personal Odyssey

Thomas Sowell

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Simon & Schuster
Año de edición:
2002
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9780684864655
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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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