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Down These Mean Streets : A Memoir by Piri Thomas (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679781420
ISBN-139780679781424
eBay Product ID (ePID)268267
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleDown These Mean Streets : a Memoir
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Personal Memoirs, General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year1997
FeaturesRevised
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorPiri Thomas
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-114757
Dewey Edition18
Reviews"Piri Thomas describes the passionate, painful search to validate his manhood...He has done it all in Harlem's mean streets and gone on from machismo to manhood, acquiring during the journey an understanding of man."--The Nation
Dewey Decimal301.451/67/97471
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisA modern classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence--and a lyrical memoir of coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. "A report from the guts and heart of a submerged population group ... It claims our attention and emotional response." -- The New York Times Book Review Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating memoir. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives us a book that is as exultant as it is harrowing and whose every page bears the irrepressible rhythm of its author's voice., Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives us a book that is as exultant as it is harrowing and whose every page bears the irrepressible rhythm of its author's voice. Thirty years after its first appearance, this classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence is available in an anniversary edition with a new Introduction by the author., A modern classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence-and a lyrical memoir of coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. "A report from the guts and heart of a submerged population group ... It claims our attention and emotional response."- The New York Times Book Review Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating memoir. Here was the testament of a born outsider- a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery-a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives us a book that is as exultant as it is harrowing and whose every page bears the irrepressible rhythm of its author's voice.
LC Classification NumberF128.9.P85T48 1997
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- Feb 22, 2017
This Book was for my multiculturalism class and it is excellent.
I was given a list of books I had to choose from for a class . I chose this one & I am so glad I did. This book takes you inside what it was like for Piri Thomas a Puerto Rican growing up in Harlem. Is great for anyone who was born "different" than their immediate family. Really shows you how Piri felt and gives you a different outlook. Highly recommend this book, especially if you are studying cultural diversity.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 25, 2025
Good book
I read this book over 40 years ago, and back then, it was good. I bought it to reread as a "seasoned" adult, to compare life as I saw it then, and now. The book itself arrived on time, in excellent condition. A+++Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 07, 2021
Down These Mean Streets
I first read this book 40 years ago. Have enjoyed reading it again.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 13, 2021
Excellent.
i read this book more than 30 yrs ago...great stuff. Reading it again.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
