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Item Information   Holdings     First Chapter Excerpts     Library Journal Review     Summary       More by this author     Shepard, Adam.     Subjects     Shepard, Adam.     Poverty -- United States.     Working poor -- United States.     Social mobility -- United States.     Responsibility.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Shepard, Adam.       by title:      Scratch beginnings :...         MARC Display

Scratch beginnings : me, $25, and the search for the American dream / Adam Shepard. by Shepard, Adam. New York : Collins, c2008. Subjects Shepard, Adam.   Poverty -- United States.   Working poor -- United States.   Social mobility -- United States.   Responsibility. ISBN:  0061714364 9780061714368 Description:  xvi, 221 p. ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Contents:  Introduction : July 24-setting up -- Welcome to Crisis Ministries -- EasyLabor -- Another day, another dollar -- Big babies -- Sundays with George -- Hustle time -- Job hunting 101 with Professor Phil Coleman -- Put up or shut up -- "First and last day" -- Adventures in moving -- Movin' on up -- Workers' consternation -- Winter with bubble gum -- Culture shocked -- Fighting for respect -- One last move -- Epilogue : a year later: a didactic look at what I learned and where we go from here. Summary:  Recounts the experiences of the author, a college graduate, as he spends one year living as a homeless person and learns valuable lessons about what it takes to break out of the cycle of poverty in the United States.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date Barcode   CENTRAL LIBRARY Nonfiction 362.5092 S54S Checked out 11/17/2009 30300012203459 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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