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"First published in 1961, this book details the author's experiences after joining a Brooklyn kids' street gang for several months in the mid-50s. He details their rules, behavior, gets in a knife duel with a rival, and generally depicts the gritty life of the street in those days. The second half of the book takes the reader inside "The Tombs," a chilling New York City jail. At the insistence of his publisher, he included an encounter with one of his former gangmates, but this is a fictitious touch in an otherwise true and hard story.
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David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- gang conflict
Wild kid(s)?
- committing crimes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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