Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of
Chicago
LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman with David Isay
LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, creators of the award-winning NPR radio
documentaries Ghetto Life 101 and Remorse: the 14 Stories of
Eric Morse, are two extraordinary young men who have strived for much
of their adolescence to draw national attention to the plight of their
neighborhood, Chicago's Ida B. Wells Homes, one of the nation's most
notorious public housing projects. They look deep into the lives of young
people growing up in hell, and expose the ongoing tragedy of America's
inner cities. The book is a sweet sad song of life and death on Chicago's
South Side.
This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books