Always Running
by Rodriguez, Luis J
The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new cover. Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a New York Times notable book, and read by hundreds of thousands, Always Running is the searing true story of one mans life in a Chicano gangand his heroic struggle to free himself from its grip. By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests and then watched with increasing fear as gang life claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no moreuntil his young son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in Always Running, a vivid memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Always Running is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation.
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Always Running - La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
by Rodriguez, Luis J.
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- 1993
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Connecticut: Curbstone Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Jorge - Luis Rodriguez 3-8-94" in a large scrawling script. First edition in dustjacket. Very good condition - some bruising at the spine tips. Binding is tight as if unread. Pages are clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
by Rodriguez, Luis J.
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Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Blue cloth over hard covers with gold design and printing on spine. Slight bumping on corners and spine. SIGNED First Edition. Very clean with tight binding. DJ has mylar protected covers. Price sticker… Read more about this item Item Price
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A
by Rodriguez, Luis J
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 260pp, glossary. Paperback, edges lightly worn. Rodriguez saw a way out of the East L.A. barrio through education and the power of words and broke free from years and violence and desperation. He was sure that the streets would haunt him no more -- until his son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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Touchstone. PAPERBACK. 0671882317 Signed by Rodriguez (personalized) in 1999. 10th printing Touchstone softcover. Fine, virtually as new. . Fine. Item Price
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Rodriguez, Luis J
by Rodriguez, Luis J
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Touchstone, 1994-02-09. Paperback. Like New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ WITH DEDICATION TO A MANNY. BOOK IS LIKE NEW, NO DUSTCOVER. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS OUR #1 PRIORITY. WE SELL GREAT BOOKS AT CHEAP PRICES. Item Price
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
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