- Old age assistance, Government policy, Older people, Social life and customs
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Robert N. Butler
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Harpercollins (Short Disc), The Johns Hopkins University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060105914
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First sentence
“What is it like to be old in the United States?”
About Robert N. Butler · 1927–2010
American physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging.
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