The beautiful struggle : father, two sons, and an unlikely road to manhood
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780385520362, 0385520360
Physical Desc
223 pages : map ; 22 cm
Status
Vineyard Haven Public Library - Adult
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Vineyard Haven Public Library - Adult | BIOGRAPHY COATES | On Shelf |
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Falmouth - Main Library - Adult | 928.1 Coates | On Shelf |
Nantucket Atheneum Library - Adult | 975.2 COA | On Shelf |
Oak Bluffs Public Library - Adult | 975.2 COA | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385520362, 0385520360
Notes
Description
Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched a publishing company in his basement dedicated to telling the true history of African civilization. Most of all, he was a wily tactician whose mission was to carry his sons through inner-city adolescence--and through Baltimore in the Age of Crack--and into the safe arms of Howard University, where he worked so his children could attend for free. Among his brood of seven, his main challenges were Ta-Nehisi, spacy and sensitive and almost comically miscalibrated for his environment, and Big Bill, charismatic and all-too-ready for the challenges of the streets. This book follows their divergent paths, and their father's steadfast efforts to keep them whole in a world that seemed bent on their destruction.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Coates, T. (2008). The beautiful struggle: father, two sons, and an unlikely road to manhood . Spiegel & Grau.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. 2008. The Beautiful Struggle: Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. Spiegel & Grau.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Beautiful Struggle: Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Beautiful Struggle: Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
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