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Title: Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas ISBN: 0-679-78142-0 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (39 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic in Puerto Rican - Newyorican Literature.
Comment: This has to be one of the most important books in Newyorican literature. Equally as beautifully written as, Esmeralda Santiago's "When I Was Puerto Rican". And Like Santiago's book, this one belongs in every Puerto Rican home. The book is powerful, raw, and holds nothing back. This is the autobiography of Piri Thomas, a Puerto Rican growing up in the harsh streets of Spanish Harlem. His harsh and troublesome relationship with his father. His early loss of his mother. Growing up with his friends in a gang, drugs, facing racism, incarceration, and at the end. Healing and growing.
This book was given to me by a School Counselor in High School, and it has been with me ever since. Working with Street teenagers, I have also followed the tradition of my school councilor, and have given it to a few kids from the neighborhood who have never read an entire book in their whole lives. Afterwards, they have come back and thanked me. This is one of those books that hits the mark.
Piri Thomas's "Down These mean Streets" holds an important spot in my library, it is a book that should be read, by all young men, no matter your backgrounds. It shows that no matter how harsh life may be, no matter how many bad cards life deals you, or how many harsh blows it throws at you, there is always hope. If Piri Thoma, as well as my self made it out of the streets alive, and live today in Peace, anyone can. Highly Recomended.
Rating: 4
Summary: DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS
Comment: Me being a proud PuertoRican living in New York City, it's difficult living in the city with the everyday problems in the streets. This book relates to every Latino or African American growing up in the streets. The protagonist Piri is growing up in Spanish Harlem with his family. growing up in the His brother goes through everything with him. If you are ghetto streets of New York you know what is going on and what you've got to live with every day of your life. Piri Thomas lives his young life going through the mean streets of Spanish Harlem. He is a very creative character with knowledge about his streets and he makes positive decisions about the situations he runs into in his life.
This book is very good for anyone to read and realize their life is not to be taken granted, especially if you're growing up in the ghetto of America. I recommend this book for everyone who hasn't read it yet to experience life in the ghetto and walk through Piri's shoes. This book is good. It is one of the best I have ever read and I was hooked on it once I realized that I could relate to it. I was in the mind zone of Piri and it was like I was feeling the streets at the moment and Piri's pain and his way of living and surviving because I know it's not easy growing up in the ghetto. .
Rating: 4
Summary: Puerto Rican experience life in the New York City
Comment: I think that this book should be required for all Puerto Rican people who live in New York. This book talks about what it was like to grow up in New York in the 1940s and 1950s. I think that this book does a good job explaining the experiences of a family. Also it talks about what Piri Thomas does and what kind of problems he is involved with, like drugs, in gangs, and that's very similar of what is going on now. I think people who don't want to be in a real trouble should read this book. I enjoyed the when Piri Thomas was sleeping out of his house because I imaging what can happen to me if I do the same things. This is the best book for anyone who is interested in learning about what is like for a Puerto Rican family to live in New York City.
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Title: Bodega Dreams : A Novel by Ernesto Quinonez, Ernesto Quinonez ISBN: 0375705899 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago ISBN: 0679756760 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology by Roberto Santiago ISBN: 0345395026 Publisher: One World/Ballantine Pub. Date: 11 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: El Bronx Remembered by Nicholasa Mohr ISBN: 0064471004 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown ISBN: 0684864185 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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