The Boy and His Gang

The Boy and His Gang
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Publisher : Boston, Houghton
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044100867753
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy and His Gang by : Joseph Adams Puffer

The City Boy and His Problems

The City Boy and His Problems
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3131949
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The City Boy and His Problems by : Emory Stephen Bogardus

The President Street Boys

The President Street Boys
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Publisher : Kensington Books
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781496705488
ISBN-13 : 1496705483
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis The President Street Boys by : Frank DiMatteo

“When Mom got out of jail, it was great having her home.” Mondo the Dwarf. Frankie Shots. Jospeh “Little Lolly Pop” Carna. Larry “Big Lolly Pop” Carna. Salvatore “Sally Boy” Marinelli. Johnny Tarzan. Louie Pizza. Sally D, Bobby B, Roy Roy, and Punchy. They were THE PRESIDENT STREET BOYS of Brooklyn, New York. Frank Dimatteo was born into a family of mob hitmen. His father and godfather were shooters and bodyguards for infamous Mafia legends, the Gallo brothers. His uncle was a capo in the Genovese crime family and bodyguard to Frank Costello. Needless to say, DiMatteo saw and heard things that a boy shouldn’t see or hear. He knew everybody in the neighborhood. And they knew him. . .and his family. And does he have some wild stories to tell. . . From the old-school Mafia dons and infamous “five families” who called all the shots, to the new-breed “independents” of the ballsy Gallo gang who didn’t answer to nobody, Dimatteo pulls no punches in describing what it’s really like growing up in the mob. Getting his cheeks pinched by Crazy Joe Gallo until tears came down his face. Dropping out of school and hanging gangster-style with the boys on President Street. Watching the Gallos wage an all-out war against wiseguys with more power, more money, more guns. And finally, revealing the shocking deathbed confessions that will blow the lid off the sordid deeds, stunning betrayals, and all-too-secret history of the American Mafia. Originally self-published as Lion in the Basement Raves For THE PRESIDENT STREET BOYS: Growing Up Mafia “Frankie D was born and raised in this life—and he’s still alive and still free. They don’t come any sharper then Frankie D. A real gangster story. Read this book!” —Nicky “Slick” DiPietro, New York City “I know Frankie D from when i was a kid living in South Brooklyn. It was hard reading about my father, Gennaro “Chitoz” Basciano, but I knew it was the truth. Frankie’s book is dead on the money—I couldn’t put it down.” —Eddie Basciano, somewhere in Florida “It’s been forty years since I’ve been with Frankie D doing our thing on President Street. This book was like a flashback, Frankie D nails it from beginning to the end. Bravo, from one of the President Street Boys.” —Anthony “Goombadiel” DeLuca, Brooklyn, New York “As a neighborhood kid I grew up around President Street and know firsthand the lure of ‘the life’ as a police officer and as a kid that escaped the lure. I can tell you the blind loyalty that the crews had for their bosses—unbounded, limitless, and dangerous. As the Prince of President Street, Frank Dimatteo, is representative of a lost generation of Italian Americans. If any of this crew had been given a fair shot at the beginning they would have been geniuses in their chosen field.” —Joseph "Giggy" Gagliardo, Retired DEA Agent, New York City “The President Street Boys takes me back as if it was a time machine. Its authenticity is compelling reading for those interested in what things were really like in those mob heydays; not some author’s formulation without an inkling of what was going on behind the scenes. I loved the book because I was there, and know for sure readers will love it too.” —Sonny Girard, author of Blood of Our Fathers and Sins of Our Sons

There Are No Children Here

There Are No Children Here
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780307814289
ISBN-13 : 0307814289
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis There Are No Children Here by : Alex Kotlowitz

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."—Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.

Boy Kills Man

Boy Kills Man
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Publisher : Hot Key Books
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781471403972
ISBN-13 : 1471403971
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Boy Kills Man by : Matt Whyman

Nothing is more unsettling in this world than a kid with a gun . . . On the streets of Medellín, Colombia, actions speak louder than words, and the rule of the bandidos is the only law worth listening to. Like most kids of their age, Shorty and Alberto work for their local cartel. They run cigarettes, offer protection . . . and occasionally assassinate someone. The work is tough, and dangerous, but the boys are commanding respect like they've never known, and the money's pretty good too. But then one day Alberto disappears. And Shorty realises that he is never coming back. A gangster's life is cheap, and when revenge can be bought for only a few pesos, everyone has their price . . .

Guide Book to Childhood

Guide Book to Childhood
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433075968580
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Guide Book to Childhood by : American Institute of Child Life

The Beef Jerky Gang

The Beef Jerky Gang
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0692295046
ISBN-13 : 9780692295045
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Beef Jerky Gang by : Daniel Kenney

When Peter Mills descends into the creepy basement of Finley Junior High, he discovers a dark and twisted truth: girls haven't always ruled the world. Now armed with a book of ancient, forbidden man secrets (such as how to make paper airplanes, stink bombs, and beef jerky), Peter and his friends think they've found the recipe to changing their lives. But the boys of the Beef Jerky Gang will soon find out that the girls aren't about to give up control to a bunch of prank-pulling punks. Join Peter and his friends in this hilarious first book of the Beef Jerky Gang series.

The Gang

The Gang
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 629
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ISBN-10 : 9780226799308
ISBN-13 : 0226799301
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gang by : Frederic Milton Thrasher

While gangs and gang culture have been around for countless centuries, The Gang is one of the first academic studies of the phenomenon. Originally published in 1927, Frederic Milton Thrasher’s magnum opus offers a profound and careful analysis of hundreds of gangs in Chicago in the early part of the twentieth century. With rich prose and an eye for detail, Thrasher looked specifically at the way in which urban geography shaped gangs, and posited the thesis that neighborhoods in flux were more likely to produce gangs. Moreover, he traced gang culture back to feudal and medieval power systems and linked tribal ethos in other societies to codes of honor and glory found in American gangs. Thrasher approaches his subject with empathy and insightfulness, and creates a multifaceted and textured portrait that still has much to offer to readers today. With handsome images that evoke the era, this unabridged edition of The Gang not only explores an important moment in the history of Chicago, but also is itself a landmark in the history of sociology and subcultural theory.

Lost Boys of the Bronx

Lost Boys of the Bronx
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9781452020556
ISBN-13 : 1452020558
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Lost Boys of the Bronx by : James Hannon

Interviews with ex-members of the New York street gang made famous in the 1960s film "The Wanderers."

Our Gang

Our Gang
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9781452949789
ISBN-13 : 1452949786
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Our Gang by : Julia Lee

It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it. The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater. Exposing these connections for the first time, Julia Lee shows us how much this series, from the first silent shorts in 1922 to its television revival in the 1950s, reveals about black and white American culture—on either side of the silver screen. Behind the scenes, we find unconventional men like Hal Roach and his gag writers, whose Rascals tapped into powerful American myths about race and childhood. We meet the four black stars of the series—Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, and Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas—the gang within the Gang, whose personal histories Lee pursues through the passing years and shifting political landscape. In their checkered lives, and in the tumultuous life of the series, we discover an unexplored story of America, the messy, multiracial nation that found in Our Gang a comic avatar, a slapstick version of democracy itself.