FREE: The Great American Gripe Book by Matthew Lesko

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Lesko, author of Information U.S.A. ( LJ 9/1/83) and Getting Yours (Penguin, 1987, 3d ed.), here simplifies the maze of governmental consumer support agencies. How can one stop an industrial polluter? Replace a sweater ruined by a dry-cleaner? Nail a discriminatory landlord? Clean up an auto junkyard? Lesko provides the addresses of over 1000 federal and state agencies that handle these and many other problems. Arranged by subject, each entry lists the type of problem, the federal agency to contact, the kinds of help it provides, and the actions that it might take. Appendixes list state agencies by subject. An exhaustive index provides cross-references. This will be a useful guide for consumers and librarians. J. Elias Portnoy's Let the Seller Beware ( LJ 12/90) told consumers how to complain. Lesko tells them where. Go get them!