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Myth of the welfare queen : (Record no. 28093)

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control field OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 970220s1997 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 97009104
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0684819147
International Standard Book Number 9780684819143
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HV91
Item number .Z85 1997
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.42/086/9420973
Edition number 21
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Zucchino, David.
9 (RLIN) 12040
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Myth of the welfare queen :
Remainder of title a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist's portrait of women on the line /
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Scribner,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c1997.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 366 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-354) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Trash picking -- Quaker lace -- Check day -- An historic square mile -- Scratching matches -- Don't stand here -- Fried perch on white bread -- In the house of the Lord -- Riding with the devil -- A teenaged prostitute -- A necessary butt whipping -- Skinny Joey -- A home for the holidays -- Money Williams -- Survivors.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In this extraordinary first book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author David Zucchino sets out to sift through the stereotypes, politics, and pure misinformation about families on welfare. A reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino gives us an intimate look at Odessa Williams and Cheri Honkala, two "welfare mothers" from Philadelphia, a city with a disproportionately large number of welfare recipients. He spends the better part of a year with these women, watching as Odessa constructs livable surroundings for herself and her extended family by scavenging and trash picking. Though her character, spirit, and resolve are constantly tested by family crises, she remains the strong and inspiring center of her large - and largely dependent - family. Zucchino also grows to admire Cheri, a single mother of one son, and a tireless advocate for the rights of the homeless. He watches as she helps one family after another pick up and keep on going. With utter dedication and zeal, and with remarkably little concern for material gains of her own, Cheri battles an inflexible city bureaucracy that in her view makes the already difficult lives of the city's poor nearly impossible. In this groundbreaking and beautifully written book, Zucchino balances his reporter's objectivity with profound compassion. In seeking to answer the question "What do welfare mothers do all day?" he uncovers no easy answers but is able to say definitively: "If there were any Cadillac-driving, champagne-sipping, penthouse-living, welfare queens in Philadelphia, I didn't find them."
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Welfare recipients
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Social conditions.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Welfare recipients
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Economic conditions.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Social conditions.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Economic conditions.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Online version:
Main entry heading Zucchino, David.
Title Myth of the welfare queen.
Place, publisher, and date of publication New York : Scribner, c1997
Record control number (OCoLC)651917487
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  Nonfiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 305.42 ZUC 34517000105265 NF