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Vance then attended Yale Law School, [19] [20] where he was a member of The Yale Law Journal. [21] [19] During his first year, Professor Amy Chua persuaded Vance to begin writing his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. [2] [22] In 2010–2011, Vance wrote for David Frum's "FrumForum" website under the name J. D. Hamel.
A 2017 Brookings Institution report noted that "J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy became a national bestseller for its raw, emotional portrait of growing up in and eventually out of a poor rural community riddled by drug addiction and instability." Vance's account anecdotally confirmed the report's conclusion that family stability is essential to ...
Vance's maternal grandfather, L. M. (Ludwig Mathias) Hoefler, was a successful lawyer in San Francisco. [9] Vance grew up in the family's large house in San Francisco on Filbert Street. When Vance's father left the family to live on his ranch in Mexico, the family's house in San Francisco was rented out to the father's sister. [9]
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This is a complete list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance. [1] Works. Fantasy. The Dying Earth. The Dying Earth (author's preferred ...
Driscoll was raised in Banner Elk, North Carolina where he has deep ties. [1] Using the post 9-11 GI Bill, he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School after his military service. [2]
Jeffrey Vance (born May 21, 1970) is an American film historian and author who has published books on movie stars including Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. Career [ edit ]