A Personal Odyssey, Thomas Sowell
A Personal Odyssey, Thomas Sowell
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A Personal Odyssey

Author: Thomas Sowell

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Synopsis

Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as the journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. The vignettes of the people and places that made an impression on Thomas Sowell at various stages of his life range from the poor and powerless to the mighty and the wealthy, from a home for homeless boys to the White House, as well as ranging across the United States and around the world. It also includes Sowell's startling discovery of his own origins during his teenage years. More than a story of the life of Sowell himself, this is also about the people who gave him their help, their support, and their loyalty, as well as those who demonized him and knifed him in the back. It is a study not just of one life but also of life in general, with all its exhilaration and pain of constant striving and deserved success.

About Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University. He has been published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on November 11, 2024

2024-07-11 - finished listening to the audiobook - twice loved it both times!!!! Really great on so many levels and issues: - Personal responsibility - truth - trust - clarity of thought - achievements vs. intentions - sense of humor - the rot in academia - goes back quite a bit farther than folks may thin......more

Goodreads review by Carol Bakker on September 30, 2015

Fascinating. Where did the steel come from that propelled Thomas to the principal's office (on the first day of third grade in a new city (NY)after coming to school by himself) asking to not be placed in a lower grade? The principal gave him some problems to solve, asked other questions, and agreed......more

Goodreads review by Riley on May 23, 2024

I doubt many people would find the life of Thomas Sowell an interesting one. He was an economist who bounced around from college to college, writing occasional journal articles and made a single appearance testifying before congress. Yet, many aspects of his life are truly inspiring. Such as his abs......more

Goodreads review by Angela on July 13, 2022

As I have already gone through several of Sowell's books, I thought it prudent to get to know the man a bit more--and on his own terms. More of a background inventory than a memoir, Thomas Sowell is pretty sparse on sentimentality. (Except when referring to his son, who he describes in a manner that......more

Goodreads review by Drtaxsacto on August 18, 2020

Thomas Sowell is a unique scholar. I've read a dozen of his books and was heavily influenced by works like A Conflict of Visions and Knowledge and Decisions, Ethnic America and the Vision of the Anointed. In a year when utter nonsense like a book like White Fragility is being touted as being thought......more

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