Shepard, Adam. <br/><br/>
Scratch beginnings :  me, $25, and the search for the American dream / 
Adam Shepard. 
 - New York :   HarperCollins,  2010. 
 - xvi, 221 p. ;   21 cm. 
<br/><br/>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" -- Adventure 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0061714275 0061714364 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shepard, Adam.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poverty--United States.<br/>Working poor--United States.<br/>Social mobility--United States.<br/>Responsibility.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.P6  / S465 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.5092  B