Don't throw away your stick till you cross the river : the journey of an ordinary man / by Vincent Beach with Anni Beach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beach, Vincent, 1924-

Contributor:

Beach, Anni.

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beach, Vincent, 1924-.

Beach, Vincent.

Beach, Vincent, 1924---Family.

United States. Air Force.

Jamaican Americans--Biography.

Jamaican Americans.

Immigrants--United States--Biography.

Immigrants.

Families.

United States.

Jamaica.

United States. Air Force--Biography.

Jamaica--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 303 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chandler, AZ : Five Star Publications, [2007]

Summary:

Vincent Beach seems an ordinary man from ordinary beginnings. Look deeper, however, and you'll discover a special human being. Vincent left his native Jamaica in 1944 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Yearning to be a jazz musician, he bought an old clarinet and practiced. Through his perseverance, he found his way to America and a career for 22 years as a bandsman in the U.S. Air Force. Becoming an educator, he served the children on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, and later enjoyed teaching in community college. Share the joys and woes of an ordinary man in his storied autobiography.

ISBN:

9781589850576

1589850572

OCLC:

76828679

Publisher Number:

99990734207