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Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family Cover Image Book

Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family

Rice, Condoleezza 1954- (Author).

Summary: This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State.

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  • ISBN: 9780307587879
  • ISBN: 0307587878
  • Physical Description: print
    342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Archetype, [2010]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Starting early -- Rays and the Rices -- Married at last -- "Johnny, it's a girl!" -- "I need a piano!" -- My parents were teachers -- Something in the water -- School days -- Summer respite -- Turning up th heat in Birmingham -- 1963 -- Integration? -- Tuscaloosa -- Denver again -- Leaving the south behind -- Cancer intrudes -- Starting earl (again) -- College years -- Change of direcion -- "Rally, sons (and daughters) of Notre Dame" -- New start -- Lost year -- Senator Sanford's farm -- My r
Citation/References Note:
Booklist
Library Journal Starred
Publisher's Weekly
Booklist, August 2010
Kirkus Review, July 2010
Library Journal Starred, September 2010
Publisher's Weekly, July 2010
Target Audience Note:
Adult
Adult Follett Library Resources

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Rice, Condoleezza 1954- Childhood and youth
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Rice, Condoleezza 1954-
African American families Alabama Birmingham
African Americans Alabama Birmingham Biography
Stateswomen United States Biography
Women cabinet officers United States Biography
African American women Biography
African American families
Stateswomen Biography
Cabinet officers United States Biography
Birmingham (Ala.) Biography
Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century
Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 50 of 51 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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