| The Pursuit of Happyness: An NAACP Image Award Winner Contributor(s): Gardner, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060744863 ISBN-13: 9780060744861 Publisher: Amistad Press OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: Gardner goes from the highs of landing an apprenticeship on Wall Street to the nadir of being homeless with a toddler in tow. Persevering even when he and his son slept in public bathrooms, this self-made millionaire never let his dire circumstances define him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005057203 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.24" W x 9.36" (1.17 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, 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 than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a 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 moving among shelters, HO-tels, soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station. Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor to being a powerful player in its financial district. More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children. Mythic, triumphant, and unstintingly honest, The Pursuit of Happyness conjures heroes like Horatio Alger and Antwone Fisher, and appeals to the very essence of the American Dream. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardner, Chris: - Chris Gardner is the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is a recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. He has two children and resides in Chicago and New York. |