Scratch beginnings : me, $25, and the search for the American dream / Adam Shepard.

Author: Shepard, Adam.

Publisher: New York : Collins, c2008.

ISBN: 9780061714368
0061714364

Description: p. cm.

Subject(s): Shepard, Adam.
Poverty United States.
Working poor United States.
Social mobility United States.
Responsibility.

Contents: 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.