Central Skagit Library District

The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement. They were alternately known as "waste people," "offals," "rubbish," "lazy lubbers," and "crackers." By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called "clay eaters" and "sandhillers," known for prematurely-aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature...

It's the 800-pound gorilla in American life that most Americans don't think about: how do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? Class can be harder to spot than racial or ethnic differences, yet in many ways it's the most important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life. But class is a hard subject...

"A Hamptons' poolside accident that ends the life of a billionaire CEO's illicit lover is complicated by a lavish weekend vacation and a thrill-seeking hired boy who breaks in and witnesses everything in secret."--Provided by publisher. Corey breaks into Hampton mansions at night for kicks; he likes the rush and the escapism. Just before Memorial Day weekend he breaks into the Sheffield estate where he and his mother work. Under the cover of darkness...

My man Godfrey: A zany millionaire family invite a tramp to be their butler and find that he is richer than they are. Life with Father: Adaptation of Clarence Day's humorous autobiographical account of family life with his strong-minded father in the late 1800s.

Joe Adams owns a gambling ship and needs money for a trip to Cuba. He takes the identity and 4-F card of a man who died on his ship to avoid the World War II draft. The American Relief Society, a group of wealthy women raising money to transport medical supplies, holds a charity ball where Adams runs a gambling concession. He plans to bilk them of the profits, but he falls in love with Dorothy Bryant, a prominent socialite, and changes his mind....