Life Against All Odds - Couverture souple

Cave, Alfred

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1432729128 ISBN 13 : 9781432729127

Editeur : Outskirts Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Revealing Portrait of an African American Success Story

Before he was in his teens, Alfred Cave was already an orphan, a runaway, and a homeless person on the mean streets of New York. Five decades later, he would retire after heading the nation's largest supported work program, as well as his own successful federal contracting company. This amazing story is recounted in Against All Odds, a stirring account of Cave's surviving and thriving despite all life could throw at him.

A wide-ranging yet intimate memoir, Against All Odds follows Cave beginning with his earliest recollections in a violently racist South. But the deep-seated attitudes there don't disappear when he escapes to the North and, later, the U.S. Army. Cave brings readers along for the ride as he rises to a Major, commanding two battalions and receiving a Bronze Star. It's a revealing glimpse into an ambitious African American soldier's unique experiences navigating the military's hesitantly integrated ranks, and the challenges of raising a family along the way. As he returns to the private sector, Cave continues to document an engrossing cast of characters - some endearing, others maddening - that readers won't soon forget.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Outskirts Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432729128
• ISBN 13: 9781432729127
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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