Driven by desperation : how a Jamaican-born child overcame extreme poverty and adversity to live the American dream / Michael A. Folkes.

By:

Folkes, Michael A, 1968- [author.]

Hamilton, OH : Mighty in Characer, LLC, [2014?] 2014Description: ii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780986220807
0986220809

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

338.6422 Ja Fol

Summary: "Everyone loves a great rags-to-riches story, but Michael Folkes' tale is far more than that. It's a chronology that sounds almost more make-believe than real. Born into poverty and abuse in Jamaica, Michael could have become just one more underprivileged statistic, condemned to a life of punishing labor, were it not for his mother's throwing up her hands in despair one day and taking him to live with his paternal grandparents. That changed everything. Melbourne Folkes taught his grandson the values of honor, commitment and faith in God. Michael listened and learned..."--Amazon.com

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	338.6422, Ja Fol (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000038038
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor	338.6422 Ja Fol (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000034887

"Everyone loves a great rags-to-riches story, but Michael Folkes' tale is far more than that. It's a chronology that sounds almost more make-believe than real. Born into poverty and abuse in Jamaica, Michael could have become just one more underprivileged statistic, condemned to a life of punishing labor, were it not for his mother's throwing up her hands in despair one day and taking him to live with his paternal grandparents. That changed everything. Melbourne Folkes taught his grandson the values of honor, commitment and faith in God. Michael listened and learned..."--Amazon.com

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