The Senator and the Runaway Teenager: In the Great Depression

by Duval A. Edwards

A 1932 runaway teenager finished high school while living alone on $3 a week. He entered law school at 17. On his own was tough enough, but death took his father and he became responsible for his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967536006
• ISBN13: 9780967536002
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Goldsphinx Publishing
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Duval Edwards writings

It was indeed an outstanding surprise to read the powerful and charming biographical books written by Duval Edwards: "The Great Depression" and "The Senator and the Runaway Teenager". Here you have an exemplary life: a fighting soul, a hard-working boy, a lawyer, a soldier, and a father. These are the role models that America needs, not the phony material that the media presents as examples to our youth. Duval Edwards represents the best that America has to offer to the world - a poor young man, coming out of poverty through hard work, stamina, ingenuity, and good use of the mind. My feeling is that these two books (which, by the way, make very easy and pleasant reading) should be in the Must Read list in every intermediate and high school in the country. They are extremely inspirational. Thanks Duval.Raul Bravo, Professor of Mathematics

How a Hardworking, Honest, Teenager Overcame Adversity

Having thoroughly enjoyed Edwards' first autobiographical book, we were pleased to learn there was a sequel. This proved even more interesting than the first. It was fun to read, with the kind of adventures few young people would experience today, and each teaching a useful lesson for living a moral life.