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The other Wes Moore : one name and two fates  Cover Image Book Book

The other Wes Moore : one name and two fates / Wes Moore ; afterword by Tavis Smiley.

Moore, Wes, 1978- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780385528191 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0385528191 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780385528207 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 233 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.

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General Note:
Paperback edition contains a reading group guide, copyright 2011.
Subject: Moore, Wes, 1978- > Childhood and youth.
Moore, Wes, 1978- > Childhood and youth.
Youth > Conduct of life.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Biography.
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Social conditions > 20th century.
Violence > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 20th century.
Prisoners > Maryland > Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography.

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Covington Branch 975.26 M825o 2010 (Text) 33126016334694 Adult Nonfiction Available -

Wes Moore is a Rhodes Scholar and a combat veteran of Afghanistan. As a White House Fellow, he worked as a special assistant to Secretary Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. He was a featured speaker at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, was named one of Ebony magazine’s Top 30 Leaders Under 30 (2007), and, most recently, was dubbed one of the top young business leaders in New York by Crain’s New York Business. He works in New York City.

Wes Moore is the governor of Maryland. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore; The Work, which was featured on Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul Sunday; and Five Days, a finalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award. He’s also a former Rhodes Scholar, a combat veteran of Afghanistan, and a social entrepreneur who served as the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, one of the largest antipoverty organizations in the country. Wes Moore lives in his hometown of Annapolis with his wife and two children.


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