Harmonie Park Press. What Old Men Know--A Definitive Dictionary and Almanac of Advice

What Old Men Know--A Definitive Dictionary and Almanac of Advice

What Old Men Know--A Definitive Dictionary and Almanac of Advice by Dr. John Telford

An innovatively different kind of reference book! Written by a seventy-five-year-old activist educator and former world-class athlete, its 300-plus breathtaking pages of savagely hilarious political satire are seasoned and tempered with timeless philosophy.

About the author

Dr. John Telford has long been called a lightning rod for controversy. He retired in 1991 as the deputy superintendent of schools in 98 percent white Rochester, Michigan, where skinheads riddled his house with midnight gunfire for hiring black administrators. After retiring, he became an executive director in the Detroit Public Schools, where he clashed with inept top administrators. He served most recently as superintendent of the Madison District Schools and was fired for recruiting hundreds of Detroit students against the wishes of white residents. Undefeated at 400 meters in Europe as a world-ranked sprinter, Dr. Telford coached champions and authored a noted book on the quarter mile--The Longest Dash. In 1978, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame. He has written newspaper columns, hosted radio shows, and directed human-rights agencies. A former director of the innovative and controversial Division of Basic Education at Macomb Community College and a published poet, he also taught at Wayne State and Oakland universities. For more information on Dr. John Telford and his list of events please visit www.alifeontherun.com.

MIAuthors / 315p / 0-8990-154-9 / Paperback / 2011 / $16.95 ** Sale Price $13.95 **

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“This satirical and memorably quotable new Dictionary will delight all democrats (with a small ‘d’ and a capital ‘D’). It may also infuriate some Republicans—but once they pick it up, neither Democrat nor Republican will put it down.”

United States Congressman John Conyers, longtime Michigan Democrat

“Pervasive wisdom - a must read!

Dr. Wayne Dyer, world-renowned self-help author-lecturer.

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