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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream by Adam Shepard (CD-Audio, 2011)

What can you get with twenty-five dollars and a dream?Adam Shepard graduated from college feeling disillusioned by the apathy around him and was then incensed after reading Barbara Ehrenreich's famous work Nickel and Dimed-a book that gave him a feeling of hopelessness about the working class in America. He set out to disprove Ehrenreich's theory-the tion that those who start at the bottom stay at the bottom-by making something out of thing to achieve the American Dream.Shepard's plan was simple. With a sleeping bag, the clothes on his back, and $25 in cash, and restricted from using his contacts or college education, he headed out for Charleston, South Carolina, a randomly selected city, with one objective: to work his way out of homelessness and into a life that would give him the opportunity for success. His goal was to have, after one year, $2,500, a working automobile, and a furnished apartment.Scratch Beginnings is the earnest and passionate account of Shepard's struggle to overcome the pressures placed on the homeless. His story will t only inspire listeners, but will also remind them that success can come to anyone who is willing to work hard-and that America is still one of the most hopeful countries in the world.

Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
480
Narrator(s)
Peter Berkrot
Author Biography
Adam Shepard is a 2006 graduate of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, where he majored in business management and Spanish. A veteran of stage and screen, Peter Berkrot held feature roles in Caddyshack and Showtime's Brotherhood, and his audiobooks include The Woods by Harlan Coben and Country Driving by Peter Hessler. Library Journal described Peter's narration of When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton as a brilliant job of personalizing each of the men in Jimmy's life.
Out-Of-Print Date
07/01/2017
Date of Publication
21/11/2011
Subject
Autobiography: General
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Edition Statement
Unabridged Edition
Country of Publication
United States

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