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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Greg Donaldson , the Author , Mark D. NaisonPublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780823265671ISBN 10: 0823265676 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 01 June 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Prologue: Likely SUMMER Don't Give up on Your Dreams Gun Collar One Male Black ""Get Out of Brownsville"" J.R. Junior Props The Scream Pay Day ""No, Robo, No"" The Feds are Clocking Bloody Valentine The Troops Eddie on the Back Old-Timers ""I Never Met the Man"" Hell Night Kids' Stuff FALL Jeff ""Come Behind Me"" ""Striaght to that Holy House"" Satellite In Full Effect Going to Represent Apartment 5AB ""He Looks Life a Perp"" ""Trapp Off"" ""It Hurts, Price"" Riker's Island WINTER ""He's Gone"" ""Christmas is for White People"" Country Boys ""Let the Dogs Loose"" Discontent ""Two Tears in a Bucket"" ""I Like the Way I Am"" Homecoming SPRING AND SUMMER ""I Can't Walk"" ""I Am the Ville"" Twenty-Four Seven Judgment ""Big Days"" Brownsville Epilogue"ReviewsFull of charged moment's...[The Ville] vivifies the humanity of ghetto residents on both sides of the law, and stands as one of the most gripping inner-city chronicles of recent years. --Kirkus Reviews, from the first edition The proliferating children-with-guns culture of Brownsville is one of our corrosive open secrets; it's mythicized and marketed, but it isn't widely understood. Greg Donaldson, a teaching veteran of Brooklyn's roughest schools, has written articles about the area and ridden at all hours with its police. In The Ville, he takes us on an eloquent journey throughout Brownsville and makes us begin to understand. --The Los Angeles Times Book Review, from the first edition This is one of those books that make you want to run up and pump the writer's hand. The Ville is about the ghetto of Brownsville in Brooklyn, one of the most murderous neighborhoods in the world, meaner than Mogadishu and probably better armed; and Gred Donaldson, like no one before him, has gotten into the tragic, bullet-ridden heart of the place, learned to love its people and come out with their stories . . . The result is vivid, in-your-face journalism. . . --Men's Journal, from the first edition The Ville is an ambitious, densely packed, atmospheric book. . . brings to life the smells, the feelings, the language of Brownsville-East New York and the people who form its world. --The New York Times, from the first edition Donaldson, a longtime teacher in Brooklyn's inner-city schools, has composed a powerful, searing look at Gary Lemite, a brave and dedicated Housing Authority police officer who tries to stem the tide of crack and guns in the area, and Sharron Corley, a talented and handsome teenager, who is hoping to escape the neighborhood of which he is very much a product. . . Donaldson's insightful analysis and deep human understanding make this a memorable book. --Publishers Weekly, from the first edition Greg Donaldson depicts his subjects with the immediacy and insight of great fiction, so richly and with such compassion that you come to care deeply about them. . . This is a powerful book, honestly reported. --Washington Post Book World, from the frist edition An urgent and powerful book . . . [Donaldson] has bravely shadowed his characters to provide drama and detail. --Dallas Morning News, from the first edition The Ville is a rare view of an urban area that goes beyond the abstraction of newspaper editorials on 'the inner-city problem' to give a human perspective of those who work and live in one of New York City's toughest neighborhoods. --The New Mexican, on the first editionThe Ville is an ambitious, densely packed, atmospheric book. . . . [It] brings to life the smells, the feelings, the language of Brownsville East New York and the people who form its world. -The New York TimesAt considerable risk [Donaldson] has given our wounded society a book that is smart, noble and potentially restorative. Read it. We need to. - The Los Angeles Times Donaldson takes you through Brownsville at breakneck speed. A must read for anyone that's ever wondered what everyday living is really like-in the 'hood. * -Kathy Russell, coauthor, The Color Complex, from the first edition * This is one of those books that make you want to run up and pump the writer's hand. The Ville is about the ghetto of Brownsville in Brooklyn, one of the most murderous neighborhoods in the world, meaner than Mogadishu and probably better armed; and Gred Donaldson, like no one before him, has gotten into the tragic, bullet-ridden heart of the place, learned to love its people and come out with their stories . . . The result is vivid, in-your-face journalism. . . * -Men's Journal, from the first edition * An urgent and powerful book . . . [Donaldson] has bravely shadowed his characters to provide drama and detail. * -Dallas Morning News, from the first edition * At considerable risk [Donaldson] has given our wounded society a book that is smart, noble and potentially restorative. Read it. We need to. * -The Los Angeles Times Book Review, from the first edition * Full of charged moment's...[The Ville] vivifies the humanity of ghetto residents on both sides of the law, and stands as one of the most gripping inner-city chronicles of recent years. * -Kirkus Reviews, from the first edition * The Ville is an ambitious, densely packed, atmospheric book. . . . [It] brings to life the smells, the feelings, the language of Brownsville-East New York and the people who form its world. * -The New York Times Book Review, from the first edition * Greg Donaldson depicts his subjects with the immediacy and insight of great fiction, so richly and with such compassion that you come to care deeply about them. . . This is a powerful book, honestly reported. * -Washington Post Book World, from the first edition * Donaldson takes you through Brownsville at breakneck speed. A must read for anyone that's ever wondered what everyday living is really like-in the 'hood. * -Kathy Russell, coauthor, The Color Complex, from the first edition * This is one of those books that make you want to run up and pump the writer's hand. The Ville is about the ghetto of Brownsville in Brooklyn, one of the most murderous neighborhoods in the world, meaner than Mogadishu and probably better armed; and Gred Donaldson, like no one before him, has gotten into the tragic, bullet-ridden heart of the place, learned to love its people and come out with their stories . . . The result is vivid, in-your-face journalism. . . * -Men's Journal, from the first edition * An urgent and powerful book . . . [Donaldson] has bravely shadowed his characters to provide drama and detail. * -Dallas Morning News, from the first edition * At considerable risk [Donaldson] has given our wounded society a book that is smart, noble and potentially restorative. Read it. We need to. * -The Los Angeles Times Book Review, from the first edition * Full of charged moment's...[The Ville] vivifies the humanity of ghetto residents on both sides of the law, and stands as one of the most gripping inner-city chronicles of recent years. * -Kirkus Reviews, from the first edition * The Ville is an ambitious, densely packed, atmospheric book. . . . [It] brings to life the smells, the feelings, the language of Brownsville-East New York and the people who form its world. * -The New York Times Book Review, from the first edition * Greg Donaldson depicts his subjects with the immediacy and insight of great fiction, so richly and with such compassion that you come to care deeply about them. . . This is a powerful book, honestly reported. * -Washington Post Book World, from the first edition * Author InformationAssociate Professor Greg Donaldson is a writer, actor and teacher. He has written for several newspapers including The New York Times and Newsday. His articles on gangs, crime, police and popular culture have appeared in many major magazines including Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy, Men's Health, Sports Illustrated and New York Magazine. His latest book is Zebratown: The True Story of a Black Ex-Con and a White Single Mother in Small Town America. Mark D. Naison is Professor of History and African American Studies at Fordham University, where he also directs the Bronx African American History Project. He is the author of three books, including Communists in Harlem During the Depression. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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