bThe acclaimed author of iTo Sir, With Lovei recalls his lifelong struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride with a bigoted white neighborbbrOn a commuter train traveling from New Canaan, Connecticut, to New York's Grand Central Station, a well-heeled white suburbanite reluctantly takes the only available seat and eventually strikes up a conversation with the black man sitting next to him. The white businessman's verbal barrage of insensitive questions and offensive remarks incites a rage in his black neighbor that can barely be suppressed. But the offended rider is E. R. Braithwaite--former Royal Air Force pilot, Cambridge graduate, schoolteacher, social worker, diplomat, and bestselling author--and he has triumphed over prejudice and hatred throughout his truly extraordinary life and multifaceted career.brAgainst the backdrop of a short railway commute, E. R. Braithwaite powerfully recounts a personal history of remarkable accomplishments in the face of bigotry