An American Summer
Love and Death in Chicago
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 287 pages ; 25 cm
"The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate stories that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects:
Youth and violence -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Violent crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Victims of crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
African American youth -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Youth and violence -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Violent crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Victims of crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
African American youth -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780385538800
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Kot | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Kot | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |