02837nam 2200685 a 450 991078256370332120230721003809.01-281-75270-31-4356-8480-X97866117527050-520-94207-810.1525/9780520942073(CKB)1000000000576801(EBL)358941(OCoLC)476183623(SSID)ssj0000232065(PQKBManifestationID)11216207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232065(PQKBWorkID)10209657(PQKB)10849816(MiAaPQ)EBC358941(DE-B1597)569515(DE-B1597)9780520942073(Au-PeEL)EBL358941(CaPaEBR)ebr10240766(CaONFJC)MIL175270(OCoLC)1198929846(EXLCZ)99100000000057680120071226d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRacing Odysseus[electronic resource] a college president becomes a freshman again /Roger H. MartinReprint 2020Berkeley University of California Pressc20081 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26587-4 0-520-25541-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-262).CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Orientation (Four Years Later); 2. Hubris; 3. Homesickness; 4. Dysfunctional Families; 5. Navy; 6. Old Farts; 7. Community; 8. Victory; Epilogue; BibliographyThe idea of reliving youth is a common fantasy, but who among us is actually courageous enough to try it? After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H. Martin did just that?he enrolled at St. John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This engaging, often humorous 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, improbably joins the college crew team, and negotiates friendships across generational divides. Along the way, MaCollege presidentsUnited StatesBiographyAdult college studentsUnited StatesBiographyCancerPatientsUnited StatesBiographyCollege presidentsAdult college studentsCancerPatients378.1/11BMartin Roger H.1943-1500382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782563703321Racing Odysseus3727038UNINA