Up from the Projects: An Autobiography
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$14.95
Publication Date: December 1st, 2010
Publisher:
Hoover Institution Press
ISBN:
9780817912550
Pages:
160
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Description
Nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an "only in America" story of a life of achievement.
Praise for Up from the Projects: An Autobiography
"When I finished reading Up from the Projects, I wished it had been a longer book. But it got the job done—and its insights are much needed today."
--Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution
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