The Rat That Got Away, a Bronx Memoir
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The Rat That Got Away, a Bronx Memoir
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Rat That Got Away
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dictionaries
Sub title
a Bronx Memoir
Summary
One man's story of growing up in the South Bronx during an era of upheaval-and overcoming addiction to find success. Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time-the 1950s-when that neighborhood was a place of optimism and hope for upwardly mobile Black and Latino families. Brought up in a two-parent household, with many neighborhood mentors, Jones led an almost charmed life as a budding basketball star-until his teen years, when his once peaceful neighborhood was torn by job losses, white flight, and a crippling drug epidemic. Drawn into the heroin trade, first as a user, then as a dealer, Jones spent four months on Rikers Island, where he experienced a crisis of conscience and a determination to turn his life around. Sent to a New England prep school upon his release, Jones used his skills and street smarts to forge a life outside the Bronx, first as a college athlete in the South, then as a professional basketball player, radio personality, and banker in Europe. In this memoir, he brings Bronx streets and housing projects to life as places of possibility as well as tragedy-where racism and economic hardship never completely suppressed the resilient spirit of the residents
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adult
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- African Americans -- Luxembourg -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Drug dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- African American young men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Jones, Allen, 1950- -- Childhood and youth
- African American basketball players -- Europe -- Biography
- Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Preparatory school students -- Massachusetts -- Great Barrington (Town) -- Biography
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- African Americans -- Luxembourg -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
- Drug dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- African American young men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Jones, Allen, 1950- -- Childhood and youth
- African American basketball players -- Europe -- Biography
- Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Preparatory school students -- Massachusetts -- Great Barrington (Town) -- Biography
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