SCRATCH BEGINNINGS Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

Shepard, Adam W.

ISBN 10: 0061714364 / ISBN 13: 9780061714368

Published by Collins, New York, 2008

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Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated U. S. Edition. ; 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 Inches; 240 pages. Seller Inventory # 50734

Bibliographic Details

Title: SCRATCH BEGINNINGS Me, $25, and the Search ...

Publisher: Collins, New York

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

“DON’T believe the naysayers. The American Dream—the fable that says if you work hard and follow the rules, you’ll make it—is alive and well.”
—New York Post

 

Adam W. Shepard’s Scratch Beginnings is the fascinating and eye-opening account of the grand social experiment the author undertook in response to Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed. Subtitled “Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream,” Scratch Beginnings chronicles Shepard’s successful efforts to raise himself up from self-imposed rock bottom in one year’s time—a personal odyssey that is sure to inspire anyone who reads about it, instilling new faith in the solid principles on which our democracy was built.

About the Author:

Adam Shepard is a 2006 graduate of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he majored in business management and Spanish. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.