{"product_id":"bear-witness-ross-halperin-9781324090786","title":"Bear Witness: The Pursuit of Justice in a Violent Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs young men, Kurt Ver Beek, an American sociologist, and Carlos Hern?ndez, a Honduran schoolteacher, devoted their lives to helping the poor. But it wasn't until they moved to an extraordinarily dangerous neighborhood in Honduras that they came to a radical conclusion: The charity world was combating poverty incorrectly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In gripping prose, journalist Ross Halperin chronicles how these two best friends became quasi vigilantes and charged into a series of life-and-death battles: first with the gang that terrorized their community, then with a notorious tycoon who commanded about a thousand-armed men, and finally with a police force whose corruption and brutality defied credulity. Their efforts made some of the most violent neighborhoods on earth safer and arguably improved the functioning of a national government, but in the process of pulling that off, they compromised their principles, precipitated collateral damage, and acquired their share of outraged critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A remarkable and dangerous feat of reportage, \u003cem\u003eBear Witness\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling account of an unorthodox mission to establish justice in a place thought to be beyond the reach of the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Halperin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324090782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324090786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ross Halperin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46603006148863,"sku":"9781324090786","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_540636ce-0f9c-40b2-8183-1f0b725606cd.jpg?v=1739695922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bear-witness-ross-halperin-9781324090786","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}