Fist, stick, knife, gun

a personal history of violence

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181 pages

English language

Published Dec. 9, 2010 by Beacon Press.

ISBN:
978-0-8070-4461-2
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OCLC Number:
650827372

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Canada was a small boy growing up scared on the mean streets of the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where "sidewalk boys" learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife. Then the streets changed, and the stakes got even higher. In his memoir, Canada relives a childhood in which violence stalked every street corner.

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Brilliant. Inspiring. Geoffrey Canada really gets it and describes what it's like to be in our crime-forsaken slums. Then he describes how to fix it from the ground up by working with communities: not through enmities and distrust. A must-read for Anglos who have never experienced real crime or the helplessness of living in a war zone.

Subjects

  • Social conditions
  • Violence in children
  • Children and violence
  • Children

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York