No one has ever called Benjamin Jerry Cohen "Lucky Jerry." Yet, when he looks in the mirror, he sees a very lucky person.
In a fascinating and often amusing recounting of his life, Cohen describes how a first-generation offspring of penniless immigrants, a mischievous student and chubby teenager, eventually attained an Ivy League education and won several prestigious university appointments, while writing sixteen books relating to his scholarly specialty, international political economy. As he leads us through his experiences, Cohen also details his global travels to lecture or conduct research in more than four dozen countries and his long plunge into the world of dog shows, where he entered the ring with a succession of Briards, a variety of French sheep dog. Included is an entertaining ghost-written memoir by one of his dogs about the three years they shared together in Paris, France.
Lucky Jerry is the memoir of a modestly successful academic, told with panache, verve, and even a touch of whimsy.
