About this title: An eloquent memoir, by a "Washington Post" reporter, that tells of his passage from the prison yards and streets to one of the most prestigious newspapers in the country.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679412687ISBN:0679412689
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679740704ISBN:0679740708
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Description: Good. 1994-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679740704ISBN:0679740708
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679740704ISBN:0679740708
Description: Very Good. In this blistering memoir, McCall recalls his passage from the street to the prison yard--and ultimately to the newsrooms of the Washington Post where he bceame a respected journalist. Softcover, 416 pp. minimal wear, clean text, tight binding. read more
"Powerful autobiography of a self-made man who went from being a street thug to a reporter for the New York Times. Reminiscent of "Manchild in the Promised Land". Riveting and honest."
"I read this book a few years ago and it was very helpful to me to understand Nathan's point of view and his experiences in life. I wanted to holler with him many times - that is when I wasn't driven to tears over the hard things he experienced growing up in the inner-city, in poverty and constantly confronted by racism. I would like to think we have surpassed such terrible things, but I know that isn't the case. This is a good book - it will stretch your empathy, and call you to do better - I hope that is true of me - I think it is..."
"This one of the most riveting memoirs I've ever read. McCall is a talented writer and an excellent storyteller. His language is often vivid, humorous, or heartbreaking. What McCall describes isn't for the feint of heart, but his critiques of race in the United States are well worth hearing. I feel like his sexism isn't fully addressed--the same with his brutality. More open reflection on McCall's part would have made this book unbelievably powerful. As is, it's mostly just shocking."
"I loved it and connected to this book for internal struggles that Nathan went through in some aspect Although I could not imagine his life out in Portsmouth,Virginia. Unni once again recommended it to me. Nathan McCall is not a professor at Emory University and he has another book called "Them".
I can connect to him by...how he always try to find a 'measure of peace', and scrutinize white people's way of doing things...how their way is supposedly The Way.
"Token ones, Assimilationists were the most pitiful ones, the ones who surrendered so complete to white domination that they were alien to themselves. Racism was so painful for them that they denied its existence."
"I felt that any (black) person who had no anger was defeated. (in regards to racism)."
Reading Nathan's stories, really encourage me even more to be proud of my Korean heritage and that I appreciate myself for being appreciative of the culture.I also am in search between the 'white' world and korean heritage. The title of the book is from Inner City Blues by Marvin Gaye. "It meakes me wanna holler and throw up both my hands...""
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