There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing up in the Other America
by Alex Kotlowitz
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0385265263
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265263
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
About this Item: Doubleday, New York, 1991. Hardcover. Condition: AS New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Book is As NEW in a priced (21.95 ) AS New dust jacket. This is the story of two boys growing up in the other America.There are No Children Here is that rare book that holds the power to change lives in the spirit of James Agee, Alex Kotlowitz brings to our attention a side of America we could not know otherwise know, exploring our embattled inner city through the lives of two remarkable boys. Lafeyette and Pharaoh Rivers live in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect. Here, in the bleak heart of the other America, Lafeyette and Pharoah fight the odds, growing up where growing up is an achievement. " This book makes palpable the lives of black American children stuck in poverty. The children are lovely." .Tracy kidder, author and activist. Book is a great reading copy of a terrific book.
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- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13221
- Title
- There Are No Children Here
- Author
- Alex Kotlowitz
- Format/Binding
- Quarter bound in Black cloth over light gray boards
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385265263
- ISBN 13
- 9780385265263
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1991-02
- Keywords
- First Edition
- Size
- 8vo
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