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Oct 14, 2008 · 4.8 2,123 ratings. See all formats and editions. Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.
- Clarence Thomas
- $11.59
- Harper Perennial
My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir is the 2007 memoir of Clarence Thomas, an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The book spans all of Thomas's life to the present, beginning with his early childhood in the Deep South and his mother's decision to send him and his brother to be raised by her father and stepmother as she felt unable ...
- Clarence Thomas
- 304 (1st ed.)
- 2007
- October 1, 2007
Dec 1, 2007 · Justice Thomas's book, "My Grandfather's Son", was to me an enthralling and incredibly introspective story on how one of the most enigmatic public figures in our nation's recent history got to where he is today. For a long time, Clarence Thomas has been a mystery to me (and I am sure to many others as well).
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MEMOIR. In 2007, Justice Thomas’ memoir, My Grandfather’s Son, was published and became a #1 New York Times’ bestseller. It garnered praise from reviewers across the political spectrum.
- Clarence Thomas
- 2007
- “I could tell... that my friends were doing their best to get across the message that I wasn't Frankenstein's monster but a perfectly normal human being.
- “Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I was expected to be a radical, not a conservative.
- “Daddy always seemed to be preparing for rainy days. Maybe that’s why they never came.” ― Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather's Son.
- “As much as I hated the injustices perpetrated against blacks in America, I couldn't bring myself to hate my own country, then or later.” ― Clarence Thomas, My Grandfather's Son.
nothing more than the truth, for me as much as my brother. In every way that counts, I am my grandfather's son. I even called him Daddy because that was what my mother called him. (His friends called him Mike.) He was dark, strong, proud, and determined to mold me in his image. For a time I rejected what he taught me, but even then I
English. The Supreme Court justice recounts his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Jim Crow-era Georgia and his struggles to acquire an education, to his publicly contested confirmation to the nation's highest court.