The pursuit of happyness
by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe and Mim Eichler Rivas
Publisher: New York : Amistad, 2006.
ISBN: 0060744871
Edition: (pbk.)
Summary:
At the age of twenty, African American Gardner arrived in San
Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he
surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the
competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an
entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself
caught in a web of challenging circumstances that left him part of
the city's working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the
promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his
own children, the two spent almost a year in shelters, "HO-tels", and
soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner went from being part
of the city's invisible to being a powerful player in its financial
district.--From publisher description.
Notes:
Film tie-in.
Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: xii, 302 p., [8] p. plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.)
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