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Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
Contributor(s): Jordan, Vernon (Author), Gordon-Reed, Annette (With)

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 ISBN: 1586486705     ISBN-13: 9781586486709
Publisher: PublicAffairs
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2008
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 1050(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (1.05 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Locality - Atlanta, Georgia
- Geographic Orientation - Georgia
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
Features: Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can read!" the man exclaimed to his relatives. Nearly fifty years later, Vernon Jordan, now a senior executive at Lazard Freres, long-time civil rights leader, adviser and close friend to presidents and business leaders and one of the most charismatic figures in America, has written an unforgettable book about his life and times.

The story of Vernon Jordan's life encompasses the sweeping struggles, changes, and dangers of African-American life in the civil rights revolution of the second half of the twentieth century.
 
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