Right after college, Adam Shepard boarded a train with only $25. In his book Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream, he writes about spending a year as a day laborer and ...

“Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream,” by Adam Shepard. SB Press. 235 pp. $13.95. Is the American Dream still alive? Can one man pull himself out of poverty through hard ...

2008-12-25T18:04:26-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/867/282701-m.jpgAdam Shepard talked about his book Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the ...

In the middle of Adam Shepard’s Scratch Beginnings, we learn that he’s frustrated with not being able to find a job that pays more than $6.50 an hour, that down-and-out men living at Crisis Ministries ...

A young man fresh out of college might look forward to a summer traveling abroad or working at some prestigious internship, but after graduating two years ago, Adam Shepard decided to join the ranks ...