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  • Maverick

  • A Biography of Thomas Sowell
  • By: Jason L. Riley
  • Narrated by: Brad Sanders
  • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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Maverick

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Publisher's Summary

A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative thinkers.

Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over 30 books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many admirers but have also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been a lack of acknowledgment of his scholarship among critics who prioritize political correctness. In the first-ever biography of Sowell, Jason L. Riley gives this iconic thinker his due and responds to the detractors. Maverick showcases Sowell's most significant writings and traces the life events that shaped his ideas and resulted in a Black orphan from the Jim Crow South becoming one of our foremost public intellectuals.

©2021 Jason L. Riley (P)2021 Basic Books
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“Fascinating.... Riley has achieved something rare in the field of intellectual biography­ - a recounting of a distinguished scholar’s life that draws on popular interest in Thomas Sowell the person and directs it to a lucid survey of Sowell’s volumi­nous intellectual output.” (National Review)

“Sowell’s vast and diverse intellectual output, devoured over the decades by a loyal readership, screamed for a biography a long time ago. Jason Riley delivers, in a pleasing style that arrives as a must-read for any fan of Thomas Sowell, what the public so wanted but inexplicably did not receive until now.” (American Spectator)

“Riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, has done an admirable job distilling Sowell’s 90 years, 30-odd books, and countless columns into a single volume. Maverick will delight Sowell’s biggest fans and help introduce new generations to the man and his work.” (Washington Free Beacon)

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Even more convinced of the Magnificence of this biography and the Man

This was the second time I have listened all the way through from beginning to end. It’s like reading the Bible, every reading delivers more gems! The few mispronunciations of the reader, add humanity, rather than diminish this work. I repeat magnificent!

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Well researched and delivered eloquently.

Fantastic read for all the Sowell fans out there. This book highlights the guts Thomas Sowell has and how well educated he is. well done!

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Great book

Well researched. Well read. Very interesting man. May there maybe more men like Thomas Sowell and may they be free to say what many of us are thinking and believe in. Thank you Thomas Sowell

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Highly recommend

I'm unsure if Jason RIley gets to read these reviews, but I'm going to pay him the highest possible compliment that I can pay to any writer.

The writing style is almost indistinguishable from that of Thomas Sowell.

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