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GCDS-9781888363678 03 01 Seven Stories Press 01 GCOI 58322100528380 02 1-888363-67-3 03 9781888363678 15 978-1-888363-67-8 BC 1 A01 co-author Tej Hazarika <p><strong>Tej Hazarika</strong> is a writer and publisher of Cool Grove Press. A graduate of Columbia University, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Candace, and their five-year-old son, Sage. </p> 2 A01 Peter Westbrook <p><strong>Peter Westbrook</strong> is a 6-time Olympian and Bronze Medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games. He is a 6-time Pan-American Games Team Member, Gold medalist in 1983 and 1995, and a 13-time United States Champion. Westbrook was a flag-bearer at the closing ceremonies of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and again at the opening ceremonies of the 1995 Pan-American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Currently, he is President of the Peter Westbrook Foundation and is a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee. He has been featured countless times in print and electronic media, including appearances on The Today Show , CNN, TBS, and BET, and in The New York Times, People, the Village Voice, the New York Daily News, the Newark Star Ledger, and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others. </p> 01 eng 192 01 <p>To Peter Westbrook, "harnessing anger" means controlling one's fury and channeling it in a positive direction. Westbrook's success in what he once called "that strange white sport" is really just one expression of the self-discipline that has led him to beat the odds, again and again. </p> <p>Peter Westbrook is listed in The Guinness Book of Records as the all-time winnin American record holder in U.S. National Sabre championships. In 1995, at the age of 43, although the average retirement age for world class tournament fencers is 34, Westbrook won two gold medals for the U.S. at the 1995 Pan American Games. In 1996, he was one of only three American sabrists chosen to compete for the gold in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, his sixth Olympic Games, an incredible twenty-year Olympic career. </p> <p>In Harnessing Anger, Westbrook tells how he came to be the first African American to win a national gold title in sabre fencing. The son of an African-American father and a Japanese mother, Peter was aised by his mother alone in poverty in a Newark ghetto. Becoming a fencer at an early age gave him the confidence and the discipline to use an ancient martial art to his advantage both in swordplay and when facing the vicissitudes of daily life in the inner city. </p> <p>The autobiography of this 6-time Olympian, 13-time U.S. National champion and the only book on his amazing life, Harnessing Anger tells us how Westbrook has overcome strong adversaries on and off the fencing mat. </p> 02 "Harnessing anger" means controlling one's fury and channeling it in a positive direction. Westbrook's success in what he once called "that strange white sport" is really just one expression of the self-discipline that has led him to beat the odds. 08 Westbrook may not be a household name among the general public, but in fencing circles, he is legendary.... Young athletes-fencers especially-will benefit from Westbrook's motivational message and enjoy the exciting match accounts. The rest of us can identify with-and learn from-a man who had to keep the very quality that led to his success from becoming a negative factor in his life. An outstanding sports autobiography. Booklist, Starred Review 08 Written in a simple, honest, and direct voice, this is an inspiring memoir about being poor and biracial; learning confidence and self-control; understanding the cultural differences within our country; and mastering the psychology and politics of competition and winning. Westbrook is living proof of the tremendous difference that harnessing anger through the discipline of sport can make. Publishers Weekly 08 Westbrook's book leads the readers into a world where the discipline of fencing not only brought him national and international championships, but inner peace and self-awareness. The Newark Star-Ledger 08 The most influential fencer in New York today is Peter Westbrook. The New York Times 04 02 72 01 http://www.sevenstories.com/resources/titles/58322100528380/images/58322100528380L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.sevenstories.com/resources/titles/58322100528380/images/58322100528380S.gif http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100528380 01 Seven Stories Press http://www.sevenstories.com US 04 19970501 Seven Stories Press 01 IP 01 10.46 USD