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"Hillbilly Elegy"
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BTW both of my parents left the rural south and came north for jobs in the 1950's. Both of them came from extreme poverty and did not have electricity or indoor plumbing when they were young. Neither one of them had a high school education. But instead of crazy violent hillbillies they were both responsible hard working people.

I really identified with a lot of things Vance talked about. I was always intelligent and did well in school, but I had poor grammar habits until I was in law school and had some friends who actually corrected me. In law school I felt like an uncultured hick. I had not travelled much and knew little about art, literature, fine dining, or anything other than rock and country music. I felt like I did not belong.
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"Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-22-2020, 05:44 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-22-2020, 05:50 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-22-2020, 06:35 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-22-2020, 07:07 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - bfine32 - 09-22-2020, 07:23 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-23-2020, 11:34 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-22-2020, 08:14 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - bfine32 - 09-22-2020, 08:41 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-22-2020, 11:26 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Dill - 09-22-2020, 11:54 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-23-2020, 12:01 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-22-2020, 08:45 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-23-2020, 07:29 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-23-2020, 10:15 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - PhilHos - 09-23-2020, 11:30 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-23-2020, 11:59 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-23-2020, 12:10 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-23-2020, 12:30 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-23-2020, 12:22 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - PhilHos - 09-23-2020, 12:31 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - BmorePat87 - 09-23-2020, 12:47 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-23-2020, 04:16 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - michaelsean - 09-23-2020, 01:31 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-23-2020, 05:08 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 09-23-2020, 05:20 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 09-23-2020, 07:56 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 10-27-2020, 12:24 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Millhouse - 09-23-2020, 08:19 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 10-26-2020, 12:17 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Dill - 10-27-2020, 03:42 AM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 11-25-2020, 02:00 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - Belsnickel - 10-27-2020, 12:27 PM
RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - fredtoast - 10-27-2020, 01:51 PM
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RE: "Hillbilly Elegy" - michaelsean - 11-24-2020, 08:42 PM
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