A Personal Odyssey

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.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and the author of The Quest for Cosmic Justice, The Vision of the Anointed, Ethnic America, and several other books. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and Fortune, and are syndicated in 150 newspapers. He lives in Stanford, California.

Preface

xi

Carolina in the Morning

1

(12)

In Old New York

13

(40)

A Four-Leaf Clover

53

(15)

Halls of Montezuma

68

(38)

Halls of Ivy

106

(28)

Drifting Along

134

(36)

Cayuga's Waters

170

(30)

Movin' On

200

(18)

California, Here I Come

218

(29)

Arrivederci

247

(27)

September Song

274

(28)

Memories

302

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