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035 $a(OCoLC) 2013032606
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050 00 $aHN79.A14$bG54 2014
082 00 $a306.0977$223
084 $aBIO026000$aSOC053000$aHIS036090$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGiffels, David,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe hard way on purpose :$bessays and dispatches from the rust belt /$cDavid Giffels.
250 $aFirst Scribner trade papeback edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2014
300 $ax, 256 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Award-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of wry, irreverent essays reflecting on the many aspects of Midwestern culture and life from an insider's perspective.The Industrial Midwest built modern America, thrived for almost a century, then profoundly collapsed. But for cities like Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Akron, a devoted tract of the population remains in the Rust Belt, committed to celebrating its singular Midwest culture and carrying it forward. David Giffels was born in Akron in the 1960s, as the golden age was ending, and has lived there ever since. Now he plumbs the touchstones and idiosyncrasies of a region where industry has fallen, bowling is a legitimate profession, extreme weather is the norm, thrift store culture dominates, and sports is heartbreak in a rarely told story of a unique American generation whose deep regional pride was born of economic failure and hardship. The Hard Way on Purpose is the story from the inside, written by someone who never left, about the life that goes on there and what it means. Intelligent, humorous, and warm, Giffels's collection of linked essays is about coming of age in the Midwest, and the stubborn, optimistic, proud, and resourceful people who thrive there"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aThe heart of the heart of it all. The chosen ones ; Stones ; Popular stories for boys ; Delta lows ; The lake effect ; All stars ; Kareem's the one with the glasses, right? -- Be approximately yourself. Looking for a name ; Working hard or hardly working? ; Cutting the mustard ; Houserockers ; Trapped in a world they never made ; 867-5309: a love song -- Local men. The Taj Mahal ; The poet's assistant ; Apartment X ; Anarchy girls -- The middle is near. Battleground ; Demolition ; Do not cry for me, Arizona ; Pretty vacant ; Unreal estates ; Ascent.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xEconomic conditions$y21st century.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xSocial life and customs$y21st century.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).$2bisacsh
852 00 $bglx$hHN79.A14$iG54 2014