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Name: Hillbilly Elegy
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: J.D. Vance
ISBN: 9780062300546

Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

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Jun 28, 2016, 272 pages

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May 2018, 288 pages

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- Biography & Memoir
- History, Current Affairs and Religion
- USA
- South, USA
- Midwest, USA
- Tenn. Va. W.Va. Ky.
- Ind. Mich. Ohio
- Contemporary
- Debuts
- Parenting & Families
- Coming of Age
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