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Author: Wayne Flynt
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 485
ISBN-13: 0817311505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter examining origins, Flynt (Southern history, Auburn U.) studies farmers, textile workers, coal miners, and timber workers in depth and discusses family structure, folk culture, the politics of poor whites, and their attempts to resolve problems through labor unions and political movements. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Oliver Optic
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 282
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Oliver Optic
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-08-01
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 935859697X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Poor and Proud; Or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn: A Story for Young Folks" is a delightful novel written by Oliver Optic. The book transports readers into the world of Katy Redburn, a young girl from humble beginnings who possesses an indomitable spirit. Set in the mid-19th century, the story follows Katy's journey as she navigates the challenges and triumphs of life. Despite her limited resources, Katy's determination, perseverance, and unwavering optimism shine through as she strives to improve her circumstances. The narrative explores themes of social class, friendship, and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of character and resilience in the face of adversity. Throughout the book, Katy encounters various memorable characters, each contributing to her development and providing valuable life lessons. Oliver Optic skillfully weaves together a heartwarming tale that captivates young readers, instilling in them a sense of hope and inspiring them to overcome obstacles. It serves as a reminder that one's circumstances do not define their worth and that with determination, even the poorest and proudest among us can achieve great things.
Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher: VM eBooks
Published: 2016-07-20
Total Pages: 187
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKKATY REDBURN AND OTHERS ARE INTRODUCED. "Give me a flounder, Johnny?" said a little girl of eleven, dressed in coarse and ragged garments, as she stooped down and looked into the basket of the dirty young fisherman, who sat with his legs hanging over the edge of the pier.
Author: Kitt Foxx
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2016-07-29
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1491787376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA must read for all parents and teens of both sexs, puberty is the most stressful time of a young persons life mistakes made at this point of their life can change the direction and destiny of their future and parents honest anwsers and guidelines about puberty in your childrens life is the biggest and most loveing gift you can give them remember if they are old enough to ask about sex they are likely old enough to know ! tell them dont let them learn the hard way. And ruin their life and future, never be too embarrassed to save your children from themselves
Author: Wayne Flynt
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 469
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. D. Vance
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-06-28
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 0062300563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
Author: Francesco Duina
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1503603946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy are poor Americans so patriotic? They have significantly worse social benefits compared to other Western nations, and studies show that the American Dream of upward mobility is, for them, largely a myth. So why do these people love their country? Why have they not risen up to demand more from a system that is failing them? In Broke and Patriotic, Francesco Duina contends that the best way to answer these questions is to speak directly to America's most impoverished. Spending time in bus stations, Laundromats, senior citizen centers, homeless shelters, public libraries, and fast food restaurants, Duina conducted over sixty revealing interviews in which his participants explain how they view themselves and their country. He masterfully weaves their words into three narratives. First, America's poor still see their country as the "last hope" for themselves and the world: America offers its people a sense of dignity, closeness to God, and answers to most of humanity's problems. Second, America is still the "land of milk and honey:" a very rich and generous country where those who work hard can succeed. Third, America is the freest country on earth where self-determination is still possible. This book offers a stirring portrait of the people left behind by their country and left out of the national conversation. By giving them a voice, Duina sheds new light on a sector of American society that we are only beginning to recognize as a powerful force in shaping the country's future.
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13: 0307826627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
Author: Cassie Chambers
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2021-01-12
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1984818937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “A gritty, warm love letter to Appalachian communities and the resourceful women who lead them.”—Slate Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County, Kentucky, is one of the poorest places in the country. Buildings are crumbling as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women find creative ways to subsist in the hills. Through the women who raised her, Cassie Chambers traces her path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Granny’s daughter, Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish college. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County. With her “hill women” values guiding her, she went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved home to help rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues from domestic violence to the opioid crisis, but they are also keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers breaks down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminates a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.
