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Geeks - How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho (Paperback) Loot Price: R505
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Geeks - How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho (Paperback): Jon Katz

Geeks - How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho (Paperback)

Jon Katz

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Jesse and Eric were geeks: suspicious of authority figures, proud of their status as outsiders, fervent in their belief in the positive power of technology. High school had been an unbearable experience and their small-town Idaho families had been torn apart by hard times. On the fringe of society, they had almost no social lives and little to look forward to. They spent every spare cent on their computers and every spare moment on-line. Nobody ever spoke of them, much less for them.

But then they met Jon Katz, a roving journalist who suggested that, in the age of geek impresario Bill Gates, Jesse and Eric had marketable skills that could get them out of Idaho and pave the way to a better life. So they bravely set out to conquer Chicago—geek style. Told with Katz’s trademark charm and sparkle, Geeks is a humorous, moving tale of triumph over adversity and self-acceptance that delivers two irresistible heroes for the digital age and reveals the very human face of technology.

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Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2001
First published: February 2001
Authors: Jon Katz
Dimensions: 203 x 132 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-7679-0699-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
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LSN: 0-7679-0699-3
Barcode: 9780767906999

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