The Cliff Walk
Don J. Snyder
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The Cliff Walk
Published
July 20, 1998
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pages
272
ISBN-13
9780316803489
ISBN-10
0316803480
Description
Don Snyder was a professor of English, married, with three children and another on the way, when he got his pink slip. He was sure that it would be only a short stretch before he found another teaching job and was reinstated in the bright life he had come to expect - after all, he had published several books and won praise for his teaching over the years. But the wait stretched on, unbelievably, past a year, until his money and his prospects were gone. Jobs once his for the asking were suddenly far out of reach. The Cliff Walk chronicles Don Snyder's journey from privilege to desperation to a new sense of hope. With each dispiriting change in his life - selling the family's house, standing in line for food stamps, scrawling new budgets each night inside the covers of his kids' bedtime books - he came to see his previous assumptions about work and money and America as naive dreams. A change finally came from an unlikely place: he found a job as an unskilled laborer on a construction site, working outside through a punishing Maine winter. As he slowly learned new skills and let go of old illusions, he found grace and dignity in a kind of work he had run from all his life.
Subjects
Bulletproof your job
Labour Market Efficiency in the European Union
Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era
Job Insecurity Union Involvement and Union Activism
Sharkproof
Anställningsskydd
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in The Cliff Walk?
This edition of The Cliff Walk has approximately 272 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read The Cliff Walk?
For most readers, The Cliff Walk typically takes between 5h 40m and 3h 47m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 68,000 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 4h 32m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 10 days • Estimated word count: 68,000 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of The Cliff Walk?
The estimated word count for The Cliff Walk is approximately 68,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of The Cliff Walk?
The Cliff Walk was written by Don J. Snyder.
When was The Cliff Walk published?
The publication date for this specific edition is July 20, 1998. The original work may have been published on a different date.