Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061981777 (006198177X)
Publish date: October 6th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I read this book as an assignment for a diversity and tolerance class I am taking. It was not my first choice in the line of allowable readings, but my second pick. It is a true story of a man, Adam Shepard, who decides to prove to the world that with a little hard work you can achieve the American ...
some funny moments..
This book was okay. It has an interesting premise and a good sense of humor, but the narrative is a bit lack-luster. Shepard seems to leave out a lot details and stories that would have put more of a mark on his experience and make it seem more meaningful to him. His concluding chapter about solutio...
With $25, a sleeping bag, and the clothes on his back, Adam Shepard set out to a random city with a goal - to get a job, a car, an apartment and save $2,500 in the course of a year. He does it and he proves that with a the right amount of motivation and work ethic anyone can work their way up from ...
Adam is a young kid right out of college and he dares to see if the American Dream is still attainable. He sets out for a city in which he knows no one with only $25 to his name. He finds a shelter and it is just as awful as he has anticipated. His goal is to acquire a car, a furnished apartment, sa...
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