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Destitution, hunger, cruelty, rootlessness -- all the odds stand against Jacky, the young boy at the center of this powerful, popular American classic, yet still he prevails. Resourcefully, doggedly, Jacky nurtures his spirit of independence, his capacity to love, and his faith in a nation's dream in a journey that takes him from Wichita to Corpus Christi and from poverty to possibility.Thompson, Earl is the author of 'Garden of Sand', published 1972 under ISBN 9780451093745 and ISBN 0451093747.
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