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9781783483273 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, April 20, 2016, cover price $135.00
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9781783483280 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, April 14, 2016, cover price $44.95
"When I was nine years old I burned down my school."James Carr started fighting when he was very young, and never gave up. A child prodigy of crime in the streets of the L.A. ghettos and scourge of half a dozen boysâ homes, his career in armed robbery was quickly cut short by arrest. In prison he fought harder than ever, and became one of the most notorious rebels in the seething California Penal System. Linking up with George Jackson in Folsom, they led the notorious Wolf Pack, which quickly fought its way to a position of strength in the prison race war. Separated from George, Jimmy transformed himself from an openly rebellious con into a cunning thinker who manipulated the authorities and ultimately engineered his own release. Carr relates the story of his life with a cold passion, powerfully illuminating the horrors of daily life on the streets and in prisonârace riots, murders, rape, and corruptionâfrom the standpoint of one who has overcome them."Iâve been struggling all my life to get beyond the choice of living on my knees or dying on my feet. Itâs time we lived on our feet."âfrom the text."Jimmy was the baddest motherfucker!"âGeorge Jackson"Itâs dynamite."âPublishers Weekly While initially having close ties with the Black Panthers (at one point as Huey Newtonâs bodyguard), James Carr, influenced by the Situationists, broke with them. Just after this book was completed in 1972, Carr was gunned down in a "gangland style" murder.
Paperback:
9781941110386 | Three Rooms Pr, April 12, 2016, cover price $16.95
9781902593647 | A K Pr Distribution, December 1, 2002, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: "When I was nine years old I burned down my school.
9780786701445 | Reprint edition (Carroll & Graf Pub, October 1, 1994), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his difficult childhood, his criminal record, and his experiences in prison
Hardcover:
9781138851757 | Routledge, September 25, 2015, cover price $145.00
Paperback:
9781496923486 | Author Solutions, July 15, 2014, cover price $16.95
Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more
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9781110404391 | Bibliolife, June 15, 2009, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
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9781110404360 | Bibliolife, June 15, 2009, cover price $25.75
9781409781608 | Hazen Pr, June 30, 2008, cover price $28.99
Product Description: Due primarily to a lack of accurate data, little has been written regarding the life histories of individual American Indians. Biographical Indian sketches that have been published are about a few outstanding individuals, mainly leaders in warfare, such as Tecumseh, Weyapiersenwah or Blue Jacket, and Meshekinnoquah or Little Turtle...read more
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9781425998899 | Authorhouse, April 30, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Due primarily to a lack of accurate data, little has been written regarding the life histories of individual American Indians.
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9780595307029 | Iuniverse Inc, March 1, 2004, cover price $15.95
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9780876325193 | Clark Boardman Callaghan, June 1, 1986, cover price $55.00
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