The Pursuit of Happyness CD Contributor(s): Gardner, Chris (Author), Blake, Andre (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0060897880 ISBN-13: 9780060897888 Publisher: HarperAudio OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: May 2006 Annotation: Gardner shares his painful yet astounding story of his journey from being the single father of a young son and homeless on the streets of San Francisco to becoming a self-made millionaire. Abridged. 5 CDs. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.32" W x 5.8" (0.34 lbs) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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, Chris 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 incredibly 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 moving from shelters, HO-tels, and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district. Here is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American Dream. Read by Andre Blake |
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. |