000435066 000__ 01670cam\a22003254a\4500 000435066 001__ 435066 000435066 005__ 20210513152041.0 000435066 008__ 080709s2008\\\\nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\0deng\\ 000435066 010__ $$a 2008029680 000435066 020__ $$a9780061714368 000435066 020__ $$a0061714364 000435066 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn232720301 000435066 035__ $$a435066 000435066 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dNPL$$dCDX$$dBWX$$dVP@$$dNBO$$dCQU$$dBNO$$dOCLCQ$$dBDX 000435066 043__ $$an-us--- 000435066 049__ $$aISEA 000435066 05000 $$aHC110.P6$$bS465 2008 000435066 08200 $$a362.5092$$222 000435066 1001_ $$aShepard, Adam. 000435066 24510 $$aScratch beginnings :$$bme, $25, and the search for the American dream /$$cAdam Shepard. 000435066 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed. 000435066 260__ $$aNew York :$$bCollins,$$cc2008. 000435066 300__ $$axvi, 221 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000435066 5050_ $$aIntroduction : 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. 000435066 520__ $$aRecounts the experiences of the author, a college graduate, as he spends one year living as a homeless person and learns valuable lessons about what it takes to break out of the cycle of poverty in the United States. 000435066 60010 $$aShepard, Adam. 000435066 650_0 $$aPoverty$$zUnited States. 000435066 650_0 $$aWorking poor$$zUnited States. 000435066 650_0 $$aSocial mobility$$zUnited States. 000435066 650_0 $$aResponsibility. 000435066 85200 $$bgen$$hHC110.P6$$iS465$$i2008 000435066 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:435066$$pGLOBAL_SET 000435066 980__ $$aBIB 000435066 980__ $$aBOOK