The story of a student who went to extraordinary lengths - including living in a van on a campus parking lot - to complete his education without sacrificing his financial future. In a frank and self-deprecating voice, memoirist Ken Ilgunas writes about the existential terror of graduating from college with $32,000 in student debt. Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set himself a mission: get out of debt as soon as humanly possible. To that end, he undertook an extraordinary 3-year transcontinental journey, driving to Alaska and taking a series of low-paying jobs. Debt-free, Ilgunas then enrolled himself in a master's program at Duke University, using the last of his savings to buy himself a used Ecoline, his new dorm. The van, stationed in a campus parking lot, would be an adventure, a challenge, a test of his limits. It would be, in short, his Walden on Wheels. Ilgunas went public in a widely read Salon article that spoke to the urgent student debt situation in America today. He offers a funny and pointed perspective on the dilemma faced by those who seek an education but who also want to, as Thoreau wrote, live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brilliance Corporation
ISBN-10
1491514779
ISBN-13
9781491514771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
194711907
Product Key Features
Author
Ken Ilgunas
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Running Time
600
Read by
Nick Podehl
Date of Publication
06/05/2014
Subject
Travel & Holiday Guides: General
Imprint
Brilliance Corporation
Country of Publication
United States
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