The Book of the Poor

The Book of the Poor
Author: Kenan Heise
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Poor
ISBN: 9781936863334

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"Collecting dozens of interviews conducted over 50 years to give voice to the 16 percent that live below the poverty line, journalist Kenan Heise ... addresses unemployment, prison, nutrition needs and hunger, the lives of impoverished children, panhandling, health-care struggles, the role of race in poverty, and Dumpster diving"--P. [4] of cover.


The Book of the Poor
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Kenan Heise
Categories: Poor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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"Collecting dozens of interviews conducted over 50 years to give voice to the 16 percent that live below the poverty line, journalist Kenan Heise ... addresses
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Awarded "Special Recognition" by the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards Finalist for the American Bar Association's 2018 Silver Gavel Book Award Na