Fist Stick Knife Gun

When award-winning educator and activist Geoff Canada was growing up in the Bronx, the "sidewalk" boys learned the codes of the block from their elders and were ranked--and to some degree protected--through the rituals of fist, stick, and knife. Weaving in and out of his stark storytelling is a cogent anaylsis of how the complicity of gun manufacturers turned this contained violence into today's world of drive-by shootings and automatic weapons.

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"The vignettes band together with a kind of clarifying momentum, so that the result is something more. . . . A beacon."

--New York Times Book Review
"A more powerful depiction of the tragic life of urban children and a more compelling plea to end' America's war against itself' cannot be imagined.

--Publishers Weekly
"Geoff Canada has been cultivating virtue, and hope, in children for the past 10 years."

--Newsweek
"A slim, revealing volume that should be required reading for anyone who was ever a child, for anyone who has ever negotiated the complicated hierarchy of 'rep' and revenge on city streets."

--Boston Globe
"Part memoir, part social treatise, a wholly sobering view of inner-city violence and the codes surrounding it."

--Kirkus Reviews more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-19-2008; One of the Most Powerful Books I've Ever Read; I flew through this book because I could not stop reading it. The details of life growing up in the Bronx were truly mind blowing, especially for someone who grew up in a super sheltered environment.However, the best part of this book...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-23-2006; Mandatory Reading for a Better Society; This is hands down one of the best books I have read. Not only does Geoffrey Canada explain in gritty detail the inner workings of ghetto society, he also lists solid well-thought solutions, which would enable inner city youth and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-24-2005; Fistacuffs is better!; Dr. Canada presents an emotive argument for gun control through story and eclecticism. He makes an interesting case for the slide from Fist to Gun without ever dealing with the reason for the violence of fist and/or gun. One might argue...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-22-2004; I have heard the author speak; I personally have had the opportunity to hear Geoffrey Canada speak at my college twice, he an alumni of Bowdoin College. Not only is his book inspiring, he spoke to my class about joining the "losing team", and making a difference in...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-19-2008; One of the Most Powerful Books I've Ever Read; I flew through this book because I could not stop reading it. The details of life growing up in the Bronx were truly mind blowing, especially for someone who grew up in a super sheltered environment.However, the best part of this book...; read full review | report as inappropriate