{"product_id":"down-these-mean-streets-piri-thomas-9780679781424","title":"Down These Mean Streets: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA modern classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence--and a lyrical memoir of coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A report from the guts and heart of a submerged population group ... It claims our attention and emotional response.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating memoir. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives us a book that is as exultant as it is harrowing and whose every page bears the irrepressible rhythm of its author's voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piri Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679781420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679781424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 50","brand":"Piri Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051295305983,"sku":"9780679781424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85b31b9c-57f6-4842-aa58-fe420992534b.jpg?v=1685012241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/down-these-mean-streets-piri-thomas-9780679781424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}