TY  - BOOK
AU  - Folkes, Michael A.,
TI  - Driven by desperation: how a Jamaican-born child overcame extreme poverty and adversity to live the American dream 
SN  - 9780986220807
U1  - 338.6422 Ja Fol 
PY  - 2014///?]
CY  - Hamilton, OH
PB  - Mighty in Characer, LLC
KW  - Folkes, Michael A.,
KW  - Businesspeople
KW  - Ohio
KW  - Hamilton
KW  - Biography
KW  - Minority business enterprises
KW  - Jamaican Americans
KW  - fast
KW  - Biographies
N2  - "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
ER  -