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Racing Odysseus – A College President Becomes a Freshman Again Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by Martin, Roger H
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- Title Racing Odysseus – A College President Becomes a Freshman Again
- Author Martin, Roger H
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Univ of California Pr, CA
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0520265874
- ISBN 9780520265875 / 0520265874
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.14 x 0.66 in (20.42 x 13.06 x 1.68 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007051017
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
"I think this is a very good book indeed: extremely readable with a very human story to tell (about the author's journey to rediscover himself and education after facing imminent death) and a message to send (about the role of the liberal arts in our lives as well as our education). Martin employs compelling references to and quotations from the classical texts he read in the St. John's freshman seminar: this is not heavy-handed 'you should read Aeschylus if you want to call yourself educated' stuff, but rather the humble confession of a humanist who knows one is never too old, educated, or experienced to learn something new or again. And that is a message that will always be valuable."--Loren J. Samons II, author of What's Wrong with Democracy: From Athenian Practice to American Worship
"Roger Martin has created a riveting narrative of his confrontation with mortality, and, in that encounter, a testimonial to the enduring value of liberal education."--Douglas W. Foard, Executive Secretary (ret.) of Phi Beta Kappa
"Roger Martin has created a riveting narrative of his confrontation with mortality, and, in that encounter, a testimonial to the enduring value of liberal education."--Douglas W. Foard, Executive Secretary (ret.) of Phi Beta Kappa