Fist, stick, knife, gun
Subtitle: a personal history of violence
By: Geoffrey Canada
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780807044612
Subjects: Social conditions; Violence in children; Children and violence; Children
Description: Canada was a small boy growing up scared on the mean streets of the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where "sidewalk boys" learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife. Then the streets changed, and the stakes got even higher. In his memoir, Canada relives a childhood in which violence stalked every street corner.
Table of contents: title: Codes of conduct; title: The jacket; title: My new friend; title: Union Avenue; title: "Program busters"; title: P.S. 99; title: Conditioning; title: Shamming; title: Test questions; title: Having heart; title: A matter of time; title: America's secret war; title: The drug trade; title: "Rep"; title: Self-defense; title: Confrontations; title: The best way we know how; title: Free-fire zones; title: The sit down; title: Targeting children; title: Broken strategies; title: Beacon schools; title: The community concept; title: One shot; title: Peacemakers; title: A new mission; title: The call; title: Hope in heroes.