Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
by Richard Rodriguez

Rodriguez (born in 1944) writes this first installment of his autobiography as a story of education triumphant.  The son of Mexican immigrants living in Sacramento, he starts school knowing barely 50 words of English, and makes his way to graduate studies at Princeton through some combination of natural talent and well-intentioned programs such as "affirmative action."  From there he could easily go on to comfortable academic career, but his dream of success and his sense of personal integrity lead him in a different direction. Registration Required