Take an eye-opening, thought provoking journey into the underbelly of this heart wrenching lifestyle. Read fascinating stories by Professor O'Connell who captures the mood, spirit, and torturing thoughts of ten random homeless people ranging from people with mental illness to the consciousness of one of the most spiritual homeless, a Native American man who is an Astrophysicist with a PhD called The Chief who has been a civil rights activist through all of the movements against oppression, which transformed America in the 1960's, homeless twenty-seven years. Relive the stories of broken war torn Vietnam Veterans, homeless transsexuals and the chilling cruelty of public ridicule they face to the story of a homeless woman who has appeared on the show COPS, arrested more than 180 times after a horrific tragedy defines her life to which she has never been able to recover. She leads the author into the center of underground homeless. Now a made for TV Documentary--called Voices in the Sand.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lulu.Com
ISBN-13
9780557035014
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23046351189
Product Key Features
Book Title
Homeless in Paradise: Communicating with the Bohemian Venice Beach Subculture
Author
William O'Connell
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
353 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
520g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
William O'Connell
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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