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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hamm, Trent.
The simple dollar : how one man wiped out his debts and achieved the life of his dreams /
Trent Hamm.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-13-705425-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Consumer credit. 2. Debtor and creditor. 3.
Finance, Personal. I. Title.
HG3755.H237 2010
332.024’02—dc22
2010005204