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From Hustlin' To Hallelujah: My Journey From Chicago's Southside To God's Side
From Hustlin' To Hallelujah My Journey From Chicago's Southside To God's Side Author:Dr. Preston T. Adams, III From Hustlin To Hallelujah: My Journey From Chicago s Southside To God s Side Dr. Preston T. Adams, III Suggested Retail Price: $14.95 After more than a year in the making, Dr. Preston T. Adams has scored a major hit with his first book, From Hustlin To Hallelujah. Though he did not plan it that way, the brutal September 24, 2009, ... more »beating death of innocent bystander and 16-year-old honors student Derrion Albert by gang members in a Chicago schoolyard occurred just days after the release of Adams autobiography. Derrion s tragic death reinforces the powerful arguments calling for more attention to focus on solving urban violence and school bullying in American communities. Hustlin takes readers on a harrowing ride through the urban killing fields to college, where the author simply did not think he belonged, and seminary where he became a respected and revered pastor in one of the Midwest s largest cities. What Derrion suffered could have easily been Dr. Adams fate as he and fought his way to and from Altgeld Elementary and Harper High school every school day. But the scope of Adams non-fiction work is not just about escaping from the ghetto. Its real focus is saving young lives hopefully, millions of them. He writes of salvaging those children and their families who are presently experiencing danger, fear, apprehension, low self-esteem, under-performance and discouragement among the ranks of America s youth. The author knows their dilemmas well. He used to be one of them.« less