One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell
2
. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I
3
the countryside for some place I could rent for the
4
possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road
5
the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was
6
, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and
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a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,
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slowly, they started teaching me the
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of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began
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around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a
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American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of
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.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were
13
for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.
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on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 15
with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into
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