If you're looking for a great source of encouragement, read this book. If you have lost hope because you don't think you can start over or overcome the cards you were dealt, read this book!In a Road Less Traveled, War, Education and Civil Rights, Dr. Robert Kimball shares his invaluable life story about moving beyond negative circumstances to build a better life. His story is relevant to the lives of many who are born into societal ills. Based on his circumstances, Dr. Kimball had every legitimate reason to grow up bitter and disillusioned. But instead, he used his bleak and dark beginning as a catalyst to want more and develop a blueprint for others to follow. In his moving memoir, Dr. Kimball paints a vivid image of how we must all work together to stand against injustice, the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, parental and family dysfunction, institutionalized racism, and corruption for not just ourselves, but for everyone. Dr. Kimball intertwines his personal and professional life experiences as a veteran and educator to motivate others to build a better self and society for all. Not only did Dr. Kimball share the raw truth about poverty, illiteracy, parental and family dysfunction, institutionalized racism, and corruption, he challenged us all to do our part to eradicate them!Robert Kimball is one of 12 children raised in New Hampshire in unimaginable poverty. He quit school after the ninth grade and left home at 16. He joined the Army at 17, completed a 27-year military career during which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and earned several college degrees including a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Houston. As the whistleblower who revealed the fraud and falsehoods behind the "Texas Miracle," he has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes II and NOW on PBS and is the subject of articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and several prestigious education publications. He has been a witness to historic events since 1950 and has served tirelessly as an advocate for the civil rights of minorities and the poor for 50 years. He wrote this memoir to answer the questions of the many people who have asked about his life, about growing up poor, overcoming adversity, combating racism in the military and the schools, and the responsibilities of an educator. His hope is that it will serve as an inspiration to others seeking to overcome obstacles and make a difference.