The Pursuit of Happyness; The Life Story That Inspired the Motion Picture

Gardner, Chris; Troupe, Quincy; Rivas, Mim Eichler; (SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0060744863 / ISBN 13: 9780060744861

Published by Amistad, 2006

About this Item

Signed by Chris Gardner on first end page. A near fine book, only mild wear, 302 like new looking pages. Dust jacket has light shelfwear and a crease in spine.

Seller Inventory # 20815

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pursuit of Happyness; The Life Story That Inspired the Motion Picture
• Publisher: Amistad
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060744863
• ISBN 13: 9780060744861
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 20 ounces
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business

About this title

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.