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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance
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  • First Published:
  • Jun 28, 2016, 272 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2018, 288 pages
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