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Author:

Vance, J. D., author.

Title:

Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / J.D. Vance.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

381 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D.--Family.
Working class whites--United States--Biography.
Working class whites--United States--Social conditions.
Mountain people--Kentucky--Social conditions.
Social mobility--United States--Case studies.
Large type books.
Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print basic

ISBN:

141049666X (hardcover)
9781410496669 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016041530

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