Bound To Stay Bound

		Down these mean streets  Author: Thomas, Piri  Publisher:  Vintage (1997)  Dewey: 974.7  Classification: Biography  Physical Description: x, 340 p.,  21 cm.  BTSB No: 879302  ISBN: 9780679781424  Ages: 16-18  Grades: 11-12  Subjects:  Thomas, Piri, -- 1928-2011  Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography  Vulgarity in popular culture  Drug abuse  Criminals -- Biography  Prisons  Sexual intercourse  Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography  New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
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Summary:
As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El Barrio to a lock-up in Sing Sing to the freedom that comes of self-acceptance, faith, and inner confidence, Piri Thomas gives a frank tale of street life and the dream of escaping it.