#hardcover#autobiography#selfhelp#illness#recovery#sociology#firstedition Cousins recalls key moments from his forty years of learning, editing and writing, reporting on important events, acting as a presidential emissary, and working on health projects, and tells of his work with famous men and women. This book is in excellent condition, with no wear to the binding or spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a very small rip on the spine near the top and is very lightly faded on the spine. Owners stamp on page 1 and corners are snipped on the inside front flap of the dust jacket. First edition, published in 1981.