The pursuit of happyness /
Gardner, Chris
The pursuit of happyness / by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe and Mim Eichler Rivas. - 1st Amistad Pbk. ed. - New York : Amistad, 2006. - xii, 302 p., [8] p. plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Film tie-in.
Prologue. Go forward -- 1. Candy -- 2. The no-daddy blues -- 3. Where's momma? -- 4. Bitches brew (side a) -- 5. Bitches brew (side b) -- 6. The world beyond -- 7. Pictures of a life -- 8. Turned out (an intro) -- 9. Turned out (advanced) -- 10. California dreamin' -- 11. Roses in the ghetto -- 12. Sphere of influence -- Epilogue. Blessed beyond the dreams of a thousand men.
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.
0060744871 (pbk.) 9780060744878 (pbk.)
HG4928.5.G365 2006
GBA683405 bnb
013567179 Uk
Gardner, Chris
Stockbrokers--United States--Biography.
Homeless persons--United States--Biography.
Fathers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
HG4928.5 / .G365 2006
332.62092 323.6/2092 B
The pursuit of happyness / by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe and Mim Eichler Rivas. - 1st Amistad Pbk. ed. - New York : Amistad, 2006. - xii, 302 p., [8] p. plates : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Film tie-in.
Prologue. Go forward -- 1. Candy -- 2. The no-daddy blues -- 3. Where's momma? -- 4. Bitches brew (side a) -- 5. Bitches brew (side b) -- 6. The world beyond -- 7. Pictures of a life -- 8. Turned out (an intro) -- 9. Turned out (advanced) -- 10. California dreamin' -- 11. Roses in the ghetto -- 12. Sphere of influence -- Epilogue. Blessed beyond the dreams of a thousand men.
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.
0060744871 (pbk.) 9780060744878 (pbk.)
HG4928.5.G365 2006
GBA683405 bnb
013567179 Uk
Gardner, Chris
Stockbrokers--United States--Biography.
Homeless persons--United States--Biography.
Fathers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
HG4928.5 / .G365 2006
332.62092 323.6/2092 B