The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey

William John Bennett

Simon & Schuster, 1995 - Literary Collections - 824 pages

A perfect gift for the holiday season, William Bennett's bestselling The Moral Compass--now available in a trade paperback edition for the first time--promises to uplift and regenerate readers of all ages (Crisis).

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 11
• ONE HOME AND HEARTh: 17
• Two INTO THE WORLD: 131

About the author

William John Bennett (born July 3, 1943) is an American politician and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (or "Drug Czar") under George H. W. Bush. Bennett was born in Brooklyn but later moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended Gonzaga College High School. He graduated from Williams College and went on to get a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Political Philosophy. He also has a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey; Touchstone book
• Editor: William John Bennett
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1995
• ISBN: 0684835789, 9780684835785
• Length: 824 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Religion / Inspirational; Social Science / Sociology / General