A reason to believe : lessons from an improbable life / by Deval Patrick.

In January 2007, Deval Patrick became the first black governor of the state of Massachusetts, one of only two black governors elected in American history. But that was just one triumphant step in a long, improbable journey that began in a poor tenement on the South Side of Chicago. From a chaotic ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patrick, Deval
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, [2011], ©2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Patrick, Deval.
Governors > Massachusetts > Biography.
African American governors > Massachusetts > Biography.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1951-
Chicago (Ill.) > Biography.
NonFiction.
Political.
Genre:
Biography.
NonFiction.
Political.
Physical Description:227 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Indispensable vision
  • Following your own compass
  • Try a new perspective
  • Learning to love
  • Saving a place
  • Faith is how you live
  • Overcoming kryptonite
  • Idealism above all.