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Book SynopsisAfter surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H Martin enrolled at St John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This memoir of his semester at St John's tells of his journey of discovery as he falls in love again with Plato, Socrates, and Homer.
Trade Review"An extraordinary memoir." -- Peter Green Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Alternately amusing and poignant, Martin's personal epic offers a much-needed perspective on cultural dilemmas both ancient and modern." -- Bryce Christensen Booklist "An engaging memoir." -- Elizabeth R. Hayford Library Journal "An understated, engaging memoir." -- Luther Spoehr Providence Journal "Racing Odysseus is not your typical college president's memoir." -- Mary Taylor Huber Change Magazine "An extraordinary memoir... An enthusiastic, breathless and oddly innocent narrative... A welcome reminder of what real Western education ... is about." The Australian
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue 1. Orientation (Four Years Later) 2. Hubris 3. Homesickness 4. Dysfunctional Families 5. Navy 6. Old Farts 7. Community 8. Victory Epilogue Bibliography
