If you enjoy conservative economist Thomas Sowell’s books as much as I do, even if/when you disagree with him, you owe it to yourself to read his revealing autobio.
Other such men might strive only to make themselves look good. Sowell shows his occasional contentiousness even when it doesn’t reflect well on him.
His fractured family life in the South and North and sometimes youthful destitution are engrossing, as are his starts and stops in education leading to his PhD in economics. And his accidental entry into the Marine Corps and gaming of its daily enlisted life are amusing. Worth your money and your time.
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The Amointed & the Benighted — Sowell is always a good read.
You’d enjoy the part about the Marines. He did Parris Island, then figured a way to skip the infantry and, for the most part, enjoyed his two years.