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Gratitude in low voices : a memoir / Dawit Gebremichael Habte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Habte, Dawit Gebremichael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Habte, Dawit Gebremichael.
- Refugees--Eritrea--Biography.
- Refugees.
- Computer engineers--Biography.
- Computer engineers.
- Eritreans--United States--Biography.
- Eritreans.
- Eritrean-Ethiopian War, 1998-2000.
- Eritrea--Politics and government.
- Eritrea.
- Politics and government.
- Eritrea--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : RosettaBooks, [2017]
- Summary:
- As a teenager, Dawit Gebremichael Habte journeyed illegally from Eritrea (before its independence from Ethiopia) to Kenya to escape the war in his homeland, eventually immigrating to the US. This humble story of Dawit's life illuminates the impact of our decisions to help or to turn away those who land on our doorstep, and the gratitude that surely follows any act of compassion. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- What's in a Name? 5
- It Takes a Village, Indeed 14
- Back to the Future: New Life in Asmara 26
- As Gold Is Tested by Fire 51
- Teach a Kid to Fish... 67
- The Turning Point for Asmara 81
- Human Smuggling 94
- An Ordinary Man With an Extraordinary Heart 125
- New Life and New Dreams of a High School Dropout 154
- Renewed Ambitions at Springbrook High School 171
- Life at Johns Hopkins 189
- Bloomberg 220.
- Notes:
- Map on endpaper.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780795350276
- 0795350279
- OCLC:
- 982151883
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