Rooftop Korean: A Memoir of the 1992 L.A. Riots (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798889221371)

Vendor: Tony Moon
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Format: Hardcover
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Rooftop Korean: A Memoir of the 1992 L.A. Riots

$34.99

Rooftop Korean: A Memoir of the 1992 L.A. Riots

$34.99
Format: Hardcover
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In the spring of 1992, Los Angeles exploded into chaos.

As the city burned in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Korean-American neighborhoods came under siege. While many fled, a group of residents climbed onto rooftops with rifles in hand -- ready to defend their homes and businesses when the police could not, or would not.

Tony Moon was one of them.

A young Korean-American with a complicated past, Tony walked the streets of South Central and Koreatown during the riots, doing everything he could to head off trouble before it reached his community. What he experienced on those rooftops -- and in the years that followed -- changed him forever.

In this raw, unflinching memoir, Moon tells the true story of the "Rooftop Koreans" ordinary people who refused to be victims. From the gang life of his youth to the front lines of the 1992 riots and the hard lessons learned since, this is a powerful account of identity, survival, self-reliance, and what it really means to protect your own.

When the system fails, you become your own defense.



Author: Tony Moon
ISBN-13: 9798889221371
Publisher: Wargate Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
By Tony Moon
By Tony Moon
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Tony Moon is one of the legendary "Rooftop Koreans" who defended their Los Angeles communities during the 1992 L.A. Riots. Born in former West Germany to South Korean parents who met as laborers under the 1963 labor-for-loan agreement--his father in the coal mines, his mother in nursing--the family immigrated to the United States in 1977. Tony came of age on the turbulent streets of South Central Los Angeles and Koreatown.

A licensed mortgage broker with a bachelor's in logistics from USC and an MBA in finance from Cal State LA, Moon is also a mixed martial arts gym owner and security consultant dedicated to teaching self-defense and community protection. He has appeared on popular podcasts including the Unsubscribe Podcast to share his firsthand account of the riots.

His debut memoir captures the raw reality of those events and the enduring lessons of resilience and self-reliance.

Tony lives in Los Angeles with his teenage son and daughter, his dogs Hannah and Luna, and his tortoise Pipsqueak.

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