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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir Of A Family And Culture In Crisis

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Book Title: Hillbilly Elegy : a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Year: 2018

Topic: United States / State & Local / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, General, Economic Conditions, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Rural

Item Height: 0.7 in

Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History

Item Weight: 8.8 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: J. D. Vance

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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