Life Is So Good

Life Is So Good

by George Dawson

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What makes a happy person, a happy life? In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a 101-year-old man who learned to read when he was 98, reflects on the philosophy he learned from his father--a belief that "life is so good"--as he offers valuable lessons in living and a fresh, firsthand view of America during the twentieth century.Born in 1898 in Marshall, Texas, the grandson of slaves, George Dawson tells how his father, despite hardships, always believed in seeing the richness in life and train

ISBN: 9780375503962

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"About a black young man who was a slave and, at 98 years old, he decides that he’s going to teach himself to write."

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