Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence in America

Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence in America /

Through shattering storytelling, Geoffrey Canada recreates his childhood world, one in which the "sidewalk" boys learned the codes of the block from their elders and were ranked - and to some degree protected - through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife. He gives a cogent, chilling anal...

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Main Author: Canada, Geoffrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [1995]
Subjects:
Children and violence > New York (State) > New York.
Violence in children > New York (State) > New York.
Children > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Violence.
Child.
Children.
Family members.
New York City.
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Call Number: HQ784.V55 C36 1995
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