Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

Down These Mean Streets

Piri Thomas

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

352 pages | first published 1967

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Memoir, coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem by Puerto Rican. Dark-skinned morenito had family who ignored African blood. Consolation from drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery end when Piri 22 goes to Sing Sing prison for shooting a...
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Moods

dark 100%
reflective 100%
emotional 80%
sad 40%
tense 40%
challenging 20%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 40%

Average rating

3.87

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