The Formative Years of an African-American Spy: A MemoirThis story traces the childhood experiences of an African American C. I. A. officer. Poverty and racism were lesser evils than the Cinderella like experiences in his dysfunctional family. He endured the volatility of a no nonsense mother who used the rod at his slightest infraction, and the loathing of two stepfathers that sought to isolate him from the family. By age fifteen, he was the primary caregiver for six half brothers and sisters. The twists