Our America Contributor(s): Jones, Lealan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671004646 ISBN-13: 9780671004644 Publisher: Scribner Book Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1998 Annotation: The award-winning creators of National Public Radio's "Ghetto Life 101" and "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse" combine talents with a young photographer to show what life is like in one of the country's darkest places: Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Photos. Click for more in this series: Illinois |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Photography | Photojournalism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 306.097 |
Lexile Measure: 660(Not Available) |
Series: Illinois |
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.16" W x 9.3" L (0.52 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 55301 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Through two award-winning National Public Radio documentaries, and now this powerful book, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have made it their mission to be loud voices from one of this country's darkest places, Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Set against the stunning photographs of a talented young photographer from the projects, Our America evokes the unforgiving world of these two amazing young men, and their struggle to survive unrelenting tragedy. With a gift for clear-eyed journalism, they tell their own stories and others, including that of the death of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was dropped to his death from the fourteenth floor of an Ida B. Wells apartment building by two other little boys. Sometimes funny, often painful, but always charged with their dream of Our America, LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman reach out to grab your attention and break your heart. |
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