I hope by this book to make you believe that hunger exists in this lan…

I hope by this book to make you believe that hunger exists in this land, that hunger poses dangers to our nation, and that hunger is costing this country far more in dollars than the most elaborate array of feeding programs.

Ernest Hollings Carolinian

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The Case Against Hunger (1970), written after his 1969 hunger tours of South Carolina

form: book
work: The Case Against Hunger
year: 1970

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