Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
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Author:
Vance, J. D.,
Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
381 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status:
Available from another library

Description

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.

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Subjects

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

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ISBN:
9781410496669, 141049666X

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Vance, J. D. (2017). Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Vance, J. D.. 2017. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Vance, J. D., Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Vance, J. D.. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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