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The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that?he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Roger H., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Martin, Roger H., > 1943-
St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.)
College presidents > United States > Biography.
Adult college students > United States > Biography.
Cancer > Patients > United States > Biography.
Présidents et recteurs d'université > États-Unis > Biographies.
EDUCATION > Higher.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > General.
Adult college students
Cancer > Patients
College presidents
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that?he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This engaging, often humorous memoir of his semester at St. John's tells of his journey of discovery as he falls in love again with Plato, Socrates, and Homer, improbably joins the college crew team, and negotiates friendships across generational divides. Along the way, Ma.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 262 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262).
ISBN:0520942078
9780520942073
1281752703
9781281752703

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