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"Follows a boy of the streets into a man of the world."
-Greg Donaldson, author of Zebratown
Bronx African American History Project |
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The Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) is dedicated to uncovering the cultural, political, economic, and religious histories of the more than 500,000 people of African descent in the Bronx. |
The Rat that Got Away
A Bronx Memoir
Allen Jones, with Mark Naison
"An enlightening commentary about an African American man who should have fallen through the cracks given his early adult experiences, but did not."-Alford A. Young Jr., University of Michigan
"The Rat that Got Away is that most prized of literary finds: an original story. . . this book is a shot from way beyond the three point line that comes up nothing but net."-William Jelani Cobb, To the Break of Dawn A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic
". . . A story of triumph. It is must reading for anyone with an interest in urban studies."-Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
"A startling book . . . the most amazing story is how family and community saved his life."-Peter Derrick, Bronx Historical Society
224 pages
978-0-8232-3102-7, Cloth, $29.95
September 2009
PREORDER
Allen Jones, born in the Bronx, is a manager for foreign currency exchange at Dexia Banque Internationale at Luxembourg.
Mark Naison is Professor of African-American Studies and History at Fordham University, where he also directs the Bronx African-American History Project. He is the author of three books including White Boy: A Memoir.
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