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What I know for sure : my story of growing up in America  Cover Image Book Book

What I know for sure : my story of growing up in America / Tavis Smiley, with David Ritz.

Smiley, Tavis, 1964- (Author). Ritz, David. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385505167 :
  • ISBN: 9780385505161
  • Physical Description: xii, 260 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Gulfport to Gotham -- Gotham to Gulfport -- Gulfport to Bunker Hill -- The trailer and the church -- Men were walking on the moon -- The bully and the lesson -- The revelation -- In my father's house -- "Shame on the Smileys!" -- The boxcar children -- A rage that reaches to heaven -- Despising the shame -- Turn the fear to energy -- America has defaulted -- High school hierarchy -- Hustle and flow -- Dangerous unselfishness -- Conflict of sufferings -- The paradox paradigm -- IU -- Brave new world -- RIP Denver Smith -- Madam mayor -- End of the road -- Urban angels -- Hustle and flow revisited -- Urban angels revisited -- Lame-duck Hoosier -- Chillin' in the deep freeze -- End of the eighties -- I lost -- Just a thought -- A good bet -- The press and the President -- Castro -- Big mama -- Spring thaw -- Final bet -- The beginning -- Forces of light.
Subject: Smiley, Tavis, 1964-
Television personalities > United States > Biography.
Radio personalities > United States > Biography.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Biography Smiley, Tavis (Text) 31307016622476 Biography Available -


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