The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the same name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
year: 2012, 2013
call number/section: 920, 921, 1000, 305.8, 975.2, 975.26
subjects: moore, wes, 1978-, childhood and youth, 1975-, african american men, biography, youth, conduct of life, african americans, baltimore, social conditions, 20th century, bronx (new york, n.y.), criminals, bronx (new york, n.y.), biography, baltimore (md.), soldiers, united states
Editions
Moore, Wes
Delacorte Press (2012)
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
Schools: 18
Moore, Wes
Ember (2013)
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the same name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
Schools: 5
Moore, Wes
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
Schools: 2