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Our America by Lealan Jones (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Ghetto Life 101. combine their talents to focus on the Ida B. Wells housing project and their personal struggles to survive unrelenting tragedy.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100671004646
ISBN-139780671004644
eBay Product ID (ePID)376784
Product Key Features
Book TitleOur America
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicPoverty & Homelessness, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Sociology / Urban
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science
AuthorLealan Jones
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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ReviewsLouise KiernanChicago TribuneHeart-cracking power....Our Americastands out because its voices spill out virtually unrestrained -- raw, ugly and eloquent., Judith NewmanThe New York Times Book ReviewOur Americais meant to stir the mind and break the heart, and it does just that., General Colin L. PowellLeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have told us a story that should tear at our hearts. They speak of a 'different America.' One where crime, drugs, lack of jobs, and every imaginable social ill work to break the human spirit. Some youngsters rise above it, but too many of them don't have a chance. They are trapped. Read this moving chronicle and resolve to help a young person in need in your community to believe in the American dream., D. CooperPhiladelphia InquirerA remarkable book....Jones and Newman present observations that draw empathy and surprise., Louise KiernanChicago TribuneHeart-cracking power.... Our America stands out because its voices spill out virtually unrestrained -- raw, ugly and eloquent., Louise Kiernan Chicago Tribune Heart-cracking power.... Our America stands out because its voices spill out virtually unrestrained -- raw, ugly and eloquent., Frank McCourtPulitzer Prize-winning author ofAngela's AshesYou won't reach the last page ofOur Americawithout wondering what country this book is about. The young authors, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, have given us dispatches from hell, bleak and numbing as anything from Vietnam. You despair of the waste of young lives but hope that at least two will be saved: the sensitive and perceptive young Jones and Newman. We rage and pray for them and their generation., D. Cooper Philadelphia Inquirer A remarkable book....Jones and Newman present observations that draw empathy and surprise., Judith NewmanThe New York Times Book Review Our America is meant to stir the mind and break the heart, and it does just that., Frank McCourt Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes You won't reach the last page of Our America without wondering what country this book is about. The young authors, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, have given us dispatches from hell, bleak and numbing as anything from Vietnam. You despair of the waste of young lives but hope that at least two will be saved: the sensitive and perceptive young Jones and Newman. We rage and pray for them and their generation., Judith Newman The New York Times Book Review Our America is meant to stir the mind and break the heart, and it does just that., Frank McCourtPulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes You won't reach the last page of Our America without wondering what country this book is about. The young authors, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, have given us dispatches from hell, bleak and numbing as anything from Vietnam. You despair of the waste of young lives but hope that at least two will be saved: the sensitive and perceptive young Jones and Newman. We rage and pray for them and their generation., General Colin L. Powell LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have told us a story that should tear at our hearts. They speak of a 'different America.' One where crime, drugs, lack of jobs, and every imaginable social ill work to break the human spirit. Some youngsters rise above it, but too many of them don't have a chance. They are trapped. Read this moving chronicle and resolve to help a young person in need in your community to believe in the American dream.
Table Of ContentPreface by Dr. Cornel West Acknowledgments Introduction by David Isay Author's Note A Ghetto Glossary Part I: Life -- 1993 1. The Beginning 2. The 'Hood 3. School 4. Kicking It 5. LeAlan 6. Lloyd 7. Ghetto Getaway 8. Peace Out: 1993 Part II: Death -- 1995 9. Messengers 10. The Scene of the Crime 11. From the Outside, Looking In 12. A Breakthrough 13. Juvenile Justice 14. Falling Through the Cracks 15. Both Sides of the Law 16. Shorties in the 'Hood 17. Closer Than We Imagined 18. Remorse Part III: Life -- 1996 19. The Maze 20. The 'Hood 21. School 22. LeAlan 23. Lloyd 24. Parting Words 25. Our America
SynopsisThrough two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now this powerful book, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have made it their mission to be loud voices from one of this country's darkest places, Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project.Set against the stunning photographs of a talented young photographer from the projects, Our America evokes the unforgiving world of these two amazing young men, and their struggle to survive unrelenting tragedy. With a gift for clear-eyed journalism, they tell their own stories and others, including that of the death of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was dropped to his death from the fourteenth floor of an Ida B. Wells apartment building by two other little boys. Sometimes funny, often painful, but always charged with their dream of Our America, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman reach out to grab your attention and break your heart., Through two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now this powerful book, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have made it their mission to be loud voices from one of this country's darkest places, Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Set against the stunning photographs of a talented young photographer from the projects, Our America evokes the unforgiving world of these two amazing young men, and their struggle to survive unrelenting tragedy. With a gift for clear-eyed journalism, they tell their own stories and others, including that of the death of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was dropped to his death from the fourteenth floor of an Ida B. Wells apartment building by two other little boys. Sometimes funny, often painful, but always charged with their dream of Our America, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman reach out to grab your attention and break your heart., Through two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now thispowerful book, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have made it their mission to be loud voices from one of this country's darkest places, Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Set against the stunning photographs of a talented young photographer from the projects, Our America evokes the unforgiving world of these two amazing young men, and their struggle to survive unrelenting tragedy. With a gift for clear-eyed journalism, they tell their own stories and others, including that of the death of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was dropped to his death from the fourteenth floor of an Ida B. Wells apartment building by two other little boys.Sometimes funny, often painful, but always charged with their dream of Our America, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman reach out to grab your attention and break your heart.
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