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    A Professor's Journey
    A Professor's Journey
    A Professor's Journey
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    A Professor's Journey

    By Erwin Hargrove

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    Mark Twain wrote that one of his books was “mostly true.” That is so with this book of sketches from the life of Erwin Hargrove, professor of political science. This is a lightly rendered memoir of his academic career at Brown and Vanderbilt Universities from 1960 to 2000. Though some of the details have been enhanced, this book is a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherErwin Hargrove
    Release dateJul 1, 2019
    ISBN9781732539556
    A Professor's Journey
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    Erwin Hargrove

    Erwin Hargrove is a retired professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. The author of several books on the American presidency and a novel entitled American Journeys, A Story of Three Lives, he drew inspiration from a true tale from his own mother’s Parisian life for Danger in Paris.

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