A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
by SUSKIND, Ron
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0767901258
- ISBN 13
- 9780767901253
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
A Hope in the Unseen is the first book by author and journalist Ron Suskind, published in 1998. The book is a biographical novel about the life of Cedric Jennings through his last years in high school and first years in college. It details his life in Ballou High School, an inner city school in Washington, D.C. , and onto Brown University, which Cedric attends after high school.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 562756
- Title
- A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
- Author
- SUSKIND, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0767901258
- ISBN 13
- 9780767901253
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- African-Americana, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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