The Pursuit of Happyness

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness" is the inspiring, rags-to-riches story of the charismatic Chris Gardner - a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him homeless with his toddler son. Instead of giving in to despair, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, "HO-tels", and soup-lines, even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station - ultimately making an astonishing transformation from the bathroom to the boardroom.

ISBN 0060744871   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780060744878 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc   Weight (grammes) 249 Imprint HarperCollins   Published in New York, NY Format Paperback   Height (mm) 202 Publication date 07 Dec 2006   Width (mm) 129 Library of Congress HG4928.5.G   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 332.62   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9780060897888

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