"DON'T believe the naysayers. The American Dream-the fable that says if you work hard and follow the rules, you'll make it-is alive and well." -New York Post Adam W. Shepard's Scratch Beginnings is the fascinating and eye-opening account of the grand social experiment the author undertook in response to Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed. Subtitled "Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream," Scratch Beginnings chronicles Shepard's successful efforts to raise himself up from self-imposed rock bottom in one year's time-a personal odyssey that is sure to inspire anyone who reads about it, instilling new faith in the solid principles on which our democracy was built

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