TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shepard,Adam
TI  - Scratch beginnings: me, $25, and the search for the American dream 
SN  - 0061714275
AV  - HC110.P6 S465 2008
U1  - 362.5092B 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Shepard, Adam.
KW  - Poverty
KW  - United States
KW  - Working poor
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - Responsibility
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -