Vernon Can Read! A Memoir
Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., Gordon-Reed, Annette, Annette Gordon-Reed
ISBN 10: 189162069X ISBN 13: 9781891620690
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The civil rights leader, attorney, and former head of the National Urban League recounts his boyhood in segregated Atlanta, his career, and the social changes he helped to bring about.
About the Author: Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the major civil rights figures in American history, is now a senior managing director of the investment firm Lazard Frères & Co. Annette Gordon-Reed is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School and is a professor at New York Law School. She is the author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy. She lives in New York City.
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Title: Vernon Can Read! A Memoir
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
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Vernon Can Read! A Memoir
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. "Vernon can read" is the title of a 2001 memoir by civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan Jr., which recounts his life from his youth as a summer job driver who surprised his white employer with his intellect, to his career as a prominent civil rights activist, presidential advisor, and corporate executive. The title is a reference to a specific incident in his past, where his boss exclaimed, "Vernon can read!" when he discovered Jordan reading books during his boss's afternoon naps. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1761609948922
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with full number line. Inscribed by Jordan on title page. A very good copy with an owner inscription about Jordan on endpaper in a fine price clipped DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #166. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 020165
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Vernon Can Read! A Memoir
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Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. Contents. viii. 36 Photographs. Index. 344pp. Po's gift inscription f.f.p. SIGNED by Author: "Best wishes Vernon Jordan." on title page. Black spine with silver title and red boards. Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author. Hard Cover. Seller Inventory # 0990476
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Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
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Vernon Can Read! A Memoir
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Personally inscribed by Veron Jordan Jr. Minor wear to the dust jacket. Light wear to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author. Seller Inventory # 1652770418
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Vernon Can Read: A Memoir
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st ed. photos, index, 344p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED by Jordon on bookplate for a Tribute to Emory S. Campbell for 22 years of service to the Penn Center Community at which Jordan was the Guest Speaker. Seller Inventory # 94302
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated. Number line beginning with 1. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket ($26.00 / $39.50 Can.) Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket. Appears to be inscribed by author on half-title page: "To! XXXXXX Jernon Jordan Jr.". Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 105877