Losing my cool : how a father's love and 15,000 books beat hiphop culture / Thomas Chatterton Willia...
Losing my cool : how a father's love and 15,000 books beat hiphop culture / Thomas Chatterton Willia...
Losing my cool : how a father's love and 15,000 books beat hiphop culture / Thomas Chatterton Williams.
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N305.235/96
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 225 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
The discovery of what it means to be a black boy -- A wicked genie -- What about your friends? -- Street dreams (who am I to disagree?) -- Slip the yoke -- You can't go home again -- Beginning to see the light -- To a worm in a horseradish, the world is a horseradish -- Every secret loses its force...
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Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
Describes how the author's hip-hop culture radically contrasted with his book-loving father's endless pursuit of knowledge, revealing how the father-son bond eventually overcame the genre's rebellious messages.
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Losing my cool : how a father's love and 15,000 books beat hiphop culture / Thomas Chatterton Williams.
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N305.235/96
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74VKq0wbLXlM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKq0wbLXlM
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ISBN
159420263X
9781594202636
DDC
305.235108996073
MMS ID
991020391139702626
