Walden on Wheels

Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set out on a Spartan path to pay off $32,000 in undergraduate student loans by scrubbing toilets and making beds in Alaska. Determined to graduate debt-free after enrolling in graduate school, he lived in an Econoline van in a campus parking lot, saving--and learning--much about the cost of education today.

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Published: 2013

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pages: 319