. "\"A haunting portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia to elite educational institutions and finally to the pinnacle of judicial power.\" -- back cover." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the Black Power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come. This book originated from a profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Merida and Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community yet not entirely comfortable in white society.--From publisher description." . "Tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the Black Power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come. This book originated from a profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Merida and Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community yet not entirely comfortable in white society.--From publisher description."@en . . . . . "Biography" . . "Biography"@en . "Biografieën (vorm)" . . . . . . . . "Supreme discomfort the divided soul of Clarence Thomas"@en . . . . . "Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Schwarze." . . "United States bSupreme Court" . . "Richter." . . "LAW Civil Procedure." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Judicial Branch." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . "Verenigde Staten" . "LAW Legal Services." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Lawyers & Judges." . . "Supreme Court (VS)" . . . .