ISBN: 9780316759779 - breaking barriers: a memoir (27 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. From both the individual's point of view and that of the nation, this book is an account of racial struggles, from the Depression to today. In this memoir, the author tells how he rose from poverty-stricken origins in McMinnville, Tennessee, to life at the forefront of social change.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. From both the individual's point of view and that of the nation, this book is an account of racial struggles, from the Depression to today. In this memoir, the author tells how he rose from poverty-stricken origins in McMinnville, Tennessee, to life at the forefront of social change.…

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Little, Brown, and Company 1991 8vo. 395 pages. text block crisp. dust jacket in protective mylar. clean, tight copy.

Zustand: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on half title page. With remainder mark.

Zustand: Good. First edition. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Boston, 1991; signed; first edition; white blind embossed paper covered boards; black cloth spine; mild wear at corners and spine edges; glossy illustrated jacket with sticker on front and spine; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; generic inscription and signed by author on half-title page; postage stamp on half-title page; Interior is clean and unmarked; 395 pages. Signed by Author.…

Zustand: FINE. Later printing. Aptly named memoir by the award winning African American journalist - who went on to become an ambassador and later to sit on the President's security council. Photographs, index. 395 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDName in ink front free endpaper else very good in very good dust jacket. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in very good little nicked dust jacket. First edition *.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Aptly named memoir by the award winning African American journalist - who went on to become an ambassador and later to sit on the President's security council. Photographs, index. 395 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 395 pages; Description: xi, 395 p. , [16] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas) , 1925-2000. Journalists--United States--Biography. African American journalists--Biography. United States--Race relations. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 395 pages; Description: xi, 395 p. , [16] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Rowan, Carl T. (Carl Thomas) , 1925-2000. Journalists--United States--Biography. African American journalists--Biography. United States--Race relations. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Book has light shelf rub of spine ends. Remainder mark top foredge. Nice, clean text. Dustwrapper has light wear of spine ends and panel edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 395pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Very good (plus) with previous owner name on front fly, slightly cocked spine and bowed boards in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. First Edition. First Printing. 395 pages. Illus., index. Signed by the author.

Zustand: very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 395, illus., index. Inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xi, 395 p. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. DJ has slight wear, soiling and edge wear. Carl Thomas Rowan (August 11, 1925 - September 23, 2000) was an American government official, journalist and author. In 1961, Rowan was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State by President John F. Kennedy. He served as a delegate to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Rowan became the U.S. Ambassador to Finland in 1963. In 1964, Rowan was appointed director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In serving as director of the USIA, Rowan became the first African American to hold a seat on the National Security Council and the highest level African American in the United States government. From 1966 to 1998, Rowan wrote a syndicated column for the Chicago Sun-Times and, from 1967 to 1996, was a panelist on a television program Agronsky & Company, later called Inside Washington. Derived from a Kirkus review: Educational opportunity in the form of the V-12 program (which made him one of the US Navy's first black officers during WW II) allowed Rowan to escape his roots. Having earned degrees from Oberlin and the Univ. of Minnesota after the war, he won a job as a reporter at the Minneapolis Tribune. The author's bylined coverage of the Third World's early postcolonial years as well as the civil-rights movement gained him an international reputation. Tapped for a State Department post by JFK's talent scouts, he subsequently became ambassador to Finland and head of the USIA. In mid-1965 to become a syndicated columnist and broadcast personality. Rowan offers observations on many public figures, including Marion Barry, Jesse Jackson, LBJ, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Dean Rusk, and Whitney Young. Rowan delivers critiques of the FBI, ethnic politics, blacker-than-thou separatists, closet racists, and those who offend his liberal sensibilities. First Edition [stated]. Fourth printing [stated]. Jarney Stillings (Jacket Photograph) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. First Printing. 395 pages. Illus., index. Signed by the author.

Zustand: very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 395, illus., index. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to Harry Linowes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good. The award-winning journalist recounts how he rose from poverty to fame, and discusses his role as one of the first Black reporters for a major newspaper, his ambassadorship to Finland, and his position in the Johnson cabinet.