Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream Paperback - 2010
by Adam W. Shepard
Shepard offers a compelling and inspiring work of investigative journalism in which the author, in a sort of anti-"Nickel and Dimed" experiment, sets out to see if someone who starts with nothing can still achieve the American Dream.
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What can you get with $25 and a dream?
Adam Shepard graduated from college feeling disillusioned by the apathy around him and was then incensed after reading Barbara Ehrenreich's famous work Nickel and Dimed--a book that gave him a feeling of hopelessness about the working class in America. He set out to disprove Ehrenreich's theory--the notion that those who start at the bottom stay at the bottom--by making something out of nothing to achieve the American Dream.
Shepard's plan was simple. With a sleeping bag, the clothes on his back, and $25 in cash, and restricted from using his contacts or college education, he headed out for Charleston, South Carolina, a randomly selected city with one objective: to work his way out of homelessness and into a life that would give him the opportunity for success. His goal was to have, after one year, $2,500, a working automobile, and a furnished apartment.
Scratch Beginnings is the earnest and passionate account of Shepard's struggle to overcome the pressures placed on the homeless. His story will not only inspire readers but will also remind them that success can come to anyone who is willing to work hard--and that America is still one of the most hopeful countries in the world.
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- Title Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
- Author Adam W. Shepard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2010-02-09
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061714276 / 0061714275
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.28 x 0.61 in (20.37 x 13.41 x 1.55 cm)
- Reading level 1040
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Responsibility, Poverty - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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