Racing Odysseus a college president becomes a freshman again /

The idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that?he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as...

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Main Author: Martin, Roger H., 1943-
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008
Edition:Reprint 2020
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