Description: The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author.Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a New York Times notable book, and read by hundreds of thousands, Always Running is the searing true story of one man’s life in a Chicano gang—and his heroic struggle to free himself from its grip.By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests and then watched with increasing fear as gang life claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation.Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more—until his young son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in Always Running, a vivid memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants.At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Always Running is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation.
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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Literary Movement: Modernism
Era: 2000s
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Edition: International Edition
Book Title: Always Running : Louisiana Vida Loca: Gang Days in L. A.
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Luis J. Rodriguez
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage, General, Literary, Social Activists
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 8.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
