Life Lessons From My Father: Things Dad Used to Say

[Princeton, N.J.]: XLibris Corporation, 2006. Presumed first edition. 82 pages; 24 cm As new; very fine. Paperback. ISBN: 9781425705770; 1425705774

Well-written and full of sage advice. Author taught English at Laney College in Oakland for thirty years. "Life Lessons from My Father is a presentation of sayings that my father used as he raised the three of us in Mud Town, Topeka's own black ghetto. The sayings were designed to provide us with the personal and social skills that he understood were required for kids like us to function comfortably--individually and publicly"--Back cover / African Americans, African Americans Kansas Topeka Biography, Anecdotes, Biographies, Conduct of life, Conduct of life Anecdotes, Families, Gardenhire, Shirley Richard, 1891- Family, Kansas Topeka, Morale pratique Anecdotes, Noirs américains Kansas Topeka Biographies, Topeka (Kan.) Biography; Self-Help; Art of Living.