The Book of the Poor: Who They Are, What They Say, and How to End Their Poverty
- ISBN-10
- 1936863332
- ISBN-13
- 9781936863334
- Category
- Poor
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Kenan Heise
Description
"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"--Page 4 of cover.
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