Straight Up From ‘Scratch Beginnings’

With nothing but $25 and a backpack, Adam Shepard set out to prove whether the American Dream still exists. He headed for a city he didn't know — Charleston, South Carolina — with the goal of having $2,500, a car and a place to live by the end of the year. Shepard chronicled his experiment in Scratch Beginnings. The book holds a few gems for average people working… Continue reading

November 13 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: book, goal, plan, shepard | 29 comments»