Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

Description

“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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Adam W. Shepard
Published: 02/09/2010
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061714276
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 0.61″ H x 8.02″ L x 5.28″ W

About the Author
Shepard, Adam W.: –

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.