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Swim Against the Current: Media Kit

Here are the available press materials for Swim Against the Current. For more information, please contact Mike Onorato at Wiley, (201) 748-6361, monorato@wiley.com, or Laura Ehrlich at Hightower & Assoc, (512) 477.5588 ext. 1, laura@jimhightower.com.
- Press release from Wiley (PDF, 112kb)
- Excerpt: Ch.12, "Build It!" (PDF, 80k)
- Audio excerpt: Ch.14, "The Politics of Fun" (MP3 48kbps, 3.9MB)
- Jim Hightower's bio
- Book cover art:
- Headshots of Hightower:
- Black & white: Hi-res (TIFF, 1440x2160, 240dpi, 3.6MB)
- Black & white: Lo-res (JPG, 600x900, 72dpi, 96kb)
- Full color (CMYK): Hi-res (TIFF, 2160x1440, 240dpi, 3.1MB)
- Full color (RGB): Lo-res (JPG, 900x600, 72dpi, 72kb)
Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. The flood of poor people in this Land of Plenty is being swollen by turbulent economic waters sweeping millions of Americans downstream from the middle class. This is our nation's true economic crisis. Unlike the manufactured "fiscal cliff" hysteria that continues to consume Washington politicos and pundits, the present pace of poverty really is dragging down our economy and our nation's potential for greatness.



