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Hillbilly elegy a memoir of a family and culture in crisis

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.

Main Author: Vance, J. D. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Working class whites > United States > Biography.
Working class whites > United States > Social conditions.
Mountain people > Kentucky > Social conditions.
Social mobility > United States > Case studies.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
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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.
Physical Description: 264 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780062300546
0062300547
Author Notes: J.D. Vance grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and Jackson, Kentucky. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and served for four years in Iraq. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University (2007-2009) Political Science and Philosophy, Summa Cum Laude and Yale Law School, Doctor of Law (J.D.) (2010-2013). He has contributed to the National Review and is the author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. He is also a principal at a leading Silicon Valley investment firm.

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