| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. First Encounter -- 2. The Cave -- 3. The Geek Club -- 4. Leave Fast -- 5. The Trip -- 6. Thanksgiving -- 7. The More Things Change -- 8. Escape from Richton Park -- 9. The Dean -- 10. Into the Hellmouth -- 11. Don't Expect Miracles -- The Letter. |
| Summary |
The story of how Jesse Dailey and Eric Twilegar, self-proclaimed geeks, who used the resources of the Internet to try to construct a new future for themselves, escape the boundaries of their dead-end lives, and find a community they could belong to. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.3 10 57189 |
| Summary |
Two nineteen-year-old working class kids from a small town in Idaho discuss their lives as outsiders and reveal how they are using the Internet to redefine themselves and change their lives. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Dailey, Jesse.
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Twilegar, Eric.
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Dailey, Jesse. |
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Twilegar, Eric. |
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Computer technicians -- United States -- Case studies.
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Electronic data processing personnel -- United States -- Case studies.
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Telecommunications engineers -- United States -- Case studies.
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Computer technicians. |
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Electronic data processing personnel. |
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Telecommunications engineers. |
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United States. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Katz, Jon. Geeks New York : Villard Books, c2000 037550298X (DLC) 99043150 (OCoLC)42296409 |
| ISBN |
9780375505188 : $44.85 |
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0375505180 : $44.85 |
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