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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A
by Rodriguez, Luis J
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743276914
- ISBN 13
- 9780743276917
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
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 child by telling his own story, this memoir, in which he explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that claim its participants.. Touchstone Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018389
- Title
- Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A
- Author
- Rodriguez, Luis J
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Touchstone Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743276914
- ISBN 13
- 9780743276917
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Willimantic, CT Gangs California Los Angeles Biography Mexican American Youth California Los Angeles Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Americana & Canadiana;
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
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Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
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