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Madison Park : a place of hope
- Title
- Madison Park : a place of hope / Eric L. Motley ; foreword by Walter Isaacson.
- Author
- Motley, Eric L. (Eric Lamar), 1972-
- Publication
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Isaacson, Walter
- Description
- 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A former special assistant to President George W. Bush chronicles his coming of age in a small Alabama community founded by freed slaves, where he learned valuable lessons about helping others, embracing faith, and fighting racial injustice.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Contents
- The Motley boy -- Madison Park -- A proud black community -- My Motley heritage -- Everything rounded out -- Years in training -- Not my only parents -- Rabbits v. Turtles -- The D.U.K. -- Shave and a haircut -- That old-time religion -- The best "hind-catcher" in the neighborhood -- The music that would change my life -- Three queens: Rosebud, Mama, and Mayes -- The book of knowledge -- Blessed interventions -- 1,002 uses for a pie pan -- Keeping it real for me -- Steve Urkel and Boys State -- Evolution -- Beyond Madison Park, but still a part of it -- Remember, we're still in Alabama -- There's a part for every one of us to play -- Scotland -- The limits of knowledge, the unlimited nature of friendship -- "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" -- "If you're not ready now" -- From the White House to Foggy Bottom -- "Barbara Ann" -- Paid in full -- Wherever I go.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-324
- ISBN
- 9780310349631
- 031034963X
- 9780310349648 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1003759313
- Author
- Motley, Eric L. (Eric Lamar), 1972- author.
- Title
- Madison Park : a place of hope / Eric L. Motley ; foreword by Walter Isaacson.
- Publisher
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Isaacson, Walter, author of introductory text.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-324