"First Vintage Books edition, February 1995"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Acknowledgments. Chpt. 1: Choices -- Chpt. 2: Cavalier Manor -- Chpt. 3: Nigger -- Chpt. 4: W.E. Waters -- Chpt. 5: Hanging -- Chpt. 6: Trains -- Chpt. 7: Respect -- Chpt. 8: Power -- Chpt. 9: War -- Chpt. 10: Work -- Chpt. 11: B & Es -- Chpt. 12: Superfly -- Chpt. 13: Mr. Manor -- Chpt. 14: Falling -- Chpt. 15: trapped -- Chpt. 16: Busted -- pt. two -- Chpt. 17: Denial -- Chpt. 18: Native son -- Chpt. 19: Homecoming -- Chpt. 20: Homecoming -- Chpt. 21: Sex -- Chpt. 22: Jim -- Chpt. 23: Freedom -- Chpt. 24: Home -- Chpt. 25: Norfolk State -- Chpt. 26: Islam -- Chpt. 27: The Auction block -- Chpt. 28: Culture shock -- Chpt. 29: Clashes -- Chpt. 30: Fathers -- Chpt. 31: Dating -- Chpt. 32: The Black Mecca -- Chpt. 33: Blending -- Chpt. 34: A Measure of peace -- Chpt. 35: Babylon -- Chpt. 36: Running -- Chpt. 37: Danny -- Chpt. 38: Yankees -- Chpt. 39: The Past -- Chpt. 40: The Brothers -- Chpt. 41: Hell -- Chpt. 42: The Big time -- Chpt. 43: Cycles -- Chpt. 44: Choices -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
Examining the complexities of the problems of Black youths from an insider's perspective, an African-American journalist recalls his troubled childhood, his rehabilitation while in prison, and his successful career.
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