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Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon

Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon

Spencer, Larry

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $26.95

ISBN10: 1682477029
ISBN13: 9781682477021
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Nov 15 2021
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

A four-star general's memoir of resilience, leadership, and one historic rise from the Horseshoe streets of southeast Washington, D.C., to the Pentagon.

Gen. Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.), was born and raised on the Horseshoe--a tough inner-city street in southeast Washington D.C. Both parents lived in the rural south under Jim Crow and separate but equal laws. Spencer's father was a career Army soldier who lost his left hand during the Korean War, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and worked two jobs. His mother completed tenth grade, had no driver's license, and was left alone during the week to raise their six children. The Horseshoe was a hard neighborhood where fights were common, and the school systems were second-rate. The expectations of living in an all-Black neighborhood were to be good at sports while shunning academic prowess. Spencer met those expectations: he struggled in school, but teachers who did not want to see him repeat their class would pass him to the next grade. That environment resulted in poor self-esteem and a bleak outlook for the future.

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