An American Story (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385720281)

A profoundly courageous and insightful memoir, An American Story documents the events that have shaped journalist Debra Dickerson's conscience.

The daughter of former sharecroppers, Dickerson never imagined she would emerge from her squalid St. Louis neighborhood to become an acclaimed journalist with a Harvard Law degree. A constant reader and a straight-A student, nevertheless Dickerson's lack of confidence kept her from accepting the many colleges offers she received. Instead she enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, quickly rising through the ranks. In spite of her success, she recognized within herself deep-seated conflict at being a working class black woman living in a white man's world. Her path to self-acceptance is at the heart of this refreshing narrative.

Author: Debra J. Dickerson
ISBN-10: 0385720289
ISBN-13: 9780385720281
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2001
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/09/2001 pg. 32
Ebony 11/01/2001 pg. 34