Tento autor prozkoumává cestu dospívání z chudých poměrů a dobrodružství v lásce a podnikání. Jeho páté a poslední dílo se zaměřuje na tuto složitou formu růstu. S hloubkou zachycuje klíčové momenty života. Jeho styl je oceňován za hloubku a pronikavost.
Hrdina románu, Sam Braden, syn chudého šerifa, si už během svého mládí na malém americkém městečku vytkne za svúj životní cíl mít hodně peněz, stát se bohatým člověkem. Peníze mu dopomohou ke všemu, po čem touží: získá ženu, kterou miloval, zajistí šťastný život své rodině a múže si dovolit všechen přepych, na který si pomyslí. Jednoho však nikdy nedocílí: lidského štěstí, a tak tápe cestou tmy
The impact that one of this century's most creative educators had on nearly 4 million girls and boys is chronicled here. For over 75 years up to this present day, Hahn's schools have enrolled students world-wide including such notables as England's Prince Charles and Prince Philip. Though it is his famous Outward Bound program that has received such international recognition, Hahn's tenets of teaching formulated so many years ago still are proving valid today. Surviving in the wilderness and surviving in a complex society requires similar basic character traits. The author, himself a Hahn's school alumnus, presents the life of his subject in an intriguing manner. The book will hopefully shed more light on a man about whom even many of his current students know so little. And Mr. Flavin can be even more illuminating via a telephone interview. His observations are insightful, witty and poignant in recalling the life of Kurt Hahn.
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