The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner; Quincy Troupe; Mim Eichler Rivas

ISBN 10: 0060744863 / ISBN 13: 9780060744861

Published by Amistad, New York, 2006

About this Item

Chris Gardner signed on his "Always Pursue Happyness" label on the first free end paper. Gilt lettering on black & red covers in a white pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 302pp. "The Life Story that inspired the Major Motion Picture" label on the dust jacket. Later printing.

Seller Inventory # 013101

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pursuit of Happyness
• Publisher: Amistad, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060744863
• ISBN 13: 9780060744861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street

At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Considered a prodigy in scientific research, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm than Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him as part of the city's working homeless and with a toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving among shelters, "HO-tels," soup lines, and even sleeping in the public restroom of a subway station.

Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor to being a powerful player in its financial district.

More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children. Mythic, triumphant, and unstintingly honest, The Pursuit of Happyness conjures heroes like Horatio Alger and Antwone Fisher, and appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.

About the Author

Chris Gardner is the Chief Executive of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is committed to many organizations--particularly those related to education--and was recently the recipient of the "Father of the Year Award" from the National Fatherhood Initiative. A Milwaukee native, Gardner has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.