One in a Billion: Journey Toward Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 1425985025
- ISBN-13
- 9781425985028
- Series
- One in a Billion
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01
- Publisher
- AuthorHouse
- Author
- Kai Chen
Description
1950, and the cookie-cutter houses in the slipstream of a paper mill promise new beginnings for the families moving to Heath Street. From the tragicomedy of Atom Bomb drills to the wonder of glitzy gadgetry, Dyanflow transmissions and automatic canasta shuffling machines, everything that makes Made in America the password to the future is reflected in the neighbors' prodigious faith in progress. On Heath Street the seeds are sown for a generation caught between vanity and self-esteem, humility and confidence, duty and liberation. How far we've come -- or have we only just begun the journey?
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