Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.

Name: Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.
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ISBN: 9780743276917

ISBN-10: 0743276914

ISBN-13: 9780743276917

Edition: 2005

Authors: Luis J. Rodriguez

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By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts of street crime 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 Chicano poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more -- until his son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story inAlways Running,a vivid memoir that explores…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 10/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English