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Author

Nicholas, Jamar, 1973-

Title Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence / Geoffrey Canada ; adapted by Jamar Nicholas.

Imprint

Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2010.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Eureka Non-Fiction	303.62 Can GRAPHIC	---	Available

Description	124 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Note	"Based on the memoir: Fist, stick, knife, gun, by Geoffrey Canada."
	"A true story in black and white"--Cover.
Summary	Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of a Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on the streets today.
Subject	Canada, Geoffrey -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Children and violence -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Violence in children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre/Form	Graphic novels.
	Graphic novels -- United States.
Subject	Canada, Geoffrey -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Children and violence -- New York (N.Y.)
	Violence -- New York (N.Y.)
	African American children -- New York (N.Y.) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
	Children -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Added Author	Canada, Geoffrey, 1952- Fist, stick, knife, gun.
ISBN	9780807044490 (pbk.)