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Vance, J. D.,

Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis - First edition. - 264 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).

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.

ISBN: 9780062300546 0062300547

Subjects--Personal Names:
Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D.--Family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Working class whites--United States--Biography.
Working class whites--Social conditions.--United States
Mountain people--Social conditions.--Kentucky
Social mobility--United States--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Appalachian region--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: HD8073.V37 / A3 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 305.5/62092 B