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Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence / Geoffrey Canada ; adapted by Jamar Nicholas.
Van Pelt Library PN6727.N534 F58 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholas, Jamar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada, Geoffrey--Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Canada, Geoffrey.
- Children and violence--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Children and violence.
- Violence in children--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Violence in children.
- African American children--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc.
- African American children.
- Children--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Children.
- Basic reader.
- Social conditions.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 124 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of a Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on the streets today.
- Notes:
- "Based on the memoir: Fist, stick, knife, gun, by Geoffrey Canada."
- "A true story in black and white"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 9780807044490
- 0807044490
- OCLC:
- 502029760
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