Well, it's about Sowell, but it isn't Sowell. ( )

An excellent intellectual biography, with just enough biography biography thrown in. An excellent introduction to Thomas Sowell's thought, books, and reception by those who like him and those who disdain him. Kudos to Jason L. Riley for writing an important book. Sowell's big ideas on economics, race, and history are explained well, with suitable quotations from Sowell's works. It made me want to buy more of Sowell's books. I would only have liked to have seen some images and a bibliography of Sowell's books (and perhaps important papers and articles). ( )

Certainly about his intellectual development; a good discussion of some of his earlier life and education. Seem like by the time he ended up doing his undergrad at Harvard the ex-marine was a bit too grownup to be fully assimilated by his schoolmates.

The greatest use of this book is to learn about the circumstances in which Sowell's various books were written. ( )