num_pages: 352
description: Memoir, coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem by Puerto Rican. Dark-skinned morenito had family who ignored African blood. Consolation from drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery end when Piri 22 goes to Sing Sing prison for shooting a cop. His journey continues to self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence. 30-year anniversary edition has Intro by author.
language: English
title: Down These Mean Streets
titlecomplete: Down These Mean Streets
genres: New York, Biography, Crime, Race, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 4605
publisher: Vintage