And I haven't had a bad day since
Subtitle: from the streets of Harlem to the halls of Congress
By: by Charles B. Rangel ; with Leon Wynter
Contributors: Wynter, Leon E.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780312372521
Subjects: Politics and government; African American legislators; United States. Congress. House; United States; Legislators; African American Personal narratives; African Americans; Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953
Description: The outspoken Democratic congressman from Harlem--now the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee--tells about his early years on Lenox Avenue, being awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a horrific Korean War battle (the last bad day of his life, he says), and his many years in Congress. Charles Rangel is one of a kind, and this is the story of how he became the celebrated person and politician he is today.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: My Beginnings-Family Roots Through Junior High School -- 1 -- 2; title: Les Garcons -- 23 -- 3; title: Korea (September 1948-June 1952) -- 52 -- 4; title: Sergeant Rangel -- 79 -- 5; title: Harlem Lawyer -- 111 -- 6; title: Encountering Adam -- 148 -- 7; title: Rangel (D-N.Y.) -- 167 -- 8; title: Into the Leadership -- 203 -- 9; title: Chairman in Waiting -- 227 -- 10; title: Political Epilogue -- 254 -- 11; title: Personal Epilogue-- 272.