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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence
Fist Stick Knife Gun A Personal History of Violence
Author: Geoffrey Canada, Jamar Nicholas (Illustrator)
When award-winning educator and activist Geoff Canada was growing up in the Bronx, the "sidewalk" boys learned the codes of the block from their elders and were ranked -- and to some degree protected -- through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife.  — Weaving in and out of his stark storytelling is a cogent anaylsis of how the com...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807004234
ISBN-10: 0807004235
Publication Date: 4/9/1996
Pages: 179
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Publisher: Beacon Press
Book Type: Paperback
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