Hillbilly elegy [large print] : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / by J. D. Vance.
Vance's grandparents were "dirt poor and in love." They got married and moved north from Kentucky to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. Their grandchild (the author) graduated from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving upward mobility for their family. But Vance cautions that is only the short version. The slightly longer version is that his grandparents, aunt, uncle, and mother struggled to varying degrees with the demands of their new middle class life and they, and Vance himself, still carry around the demons of their chaotic family history.<p>Delving into his own personal story and drawing on a wide array of sociological studies, Vance takes us deep into working class life in the Appalachian region. This demographic of our country has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, and Vance provides a searching and clear-eyed attempt to understand when and how "hillbillies" lost faith in any hope of upward mobility, and in opportunities to come.
Record details
- ISBN: 141049666X
- ISBN: 9781410496669
- Physical Description: 381 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Genre: | Large print books. Biographies. Case studies. |
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- 2 of 38 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)
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- 85 current holds with 38 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood County Main Library | LP B Vance (Text) | 33115007707921 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 12/04/2024 |
| Henderson Main Branch | 305.562 V (Text) | 33258008160454 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Checked out | 10/30/2024 |
| Jacksonville Main Library | LP BIO VANCE (Text) | 36015000615167 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 11/05/2024 |
| Jonesville Public Library | LP B VANCE (Text) | 30668100261203 | Adult Storage Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| King Public Library | LP B VANCE (Text) | 30094100393385 | Adult Large Print Biography | Checked out | 11/07/2024 |
| Lee County Main Library | LP BIO VANCE (Text) | 33262003247253 | Adult Large Print Biography | Checked out | 11/13/2024 |
| Leicester Library | LP B VANCE (Text) | 0020511357699 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Leland Library | LP B VANCE (Text) | 31423621398673 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 11/04/2024 |
| Lenoir Library | LARGE PRINT B VANCE J.D. Va (Text) | 50669012134194 | Adult Large Print Biography | Checked out | 10/25/2024 |
| Lexington Public Library | LPB Vance (Text) | 25908007213346 | Adult Large Print Biography | Checked out | 10/31/2024 |
