The Rat That Got Away : a Bronx Memoir.

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The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a unique vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds new light on a neglected period in American urban history...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Naison, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Jones, Allen, > 1950- > Childhood and youth.
Jones, Allen, > 1950-
1900-1999
African American young men > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Public housing > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Drug dealers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Preparatory school students > Massachusetts > Great Barrington (Town) > Biography.
African American basketball players > Europe > Biography.
African Americans > Luxembourg > Biography.
Jeunes hommes noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Logement social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Trafiquants de drogues > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Élèves des preparatory schools > Massachusetts > Great Barrington > Biographies.
Joueurs de basket-ball noirs américains > Europe > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Luxembourg > Biographies.
Childhood and youth of a person
African American basketball players
African American young men
African Americans
Drug dealers
Manners and customs
Preparatory school students
Public housing
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Europe
Luxembourg
Massachusetts > Great Barrington (Town)
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Bronx
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a unique vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds new light on a neglected period in American urban history. Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time- the 1950's- when that neighborhood was place of optimism and hope for upwardly mobile Black and Latino families. Brought up in a two parent household, with many neighborhood mentors, Jones led an almost charmed life as a buddi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (309 pages)
ISBN:9780823231041
0823231046

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