The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates /
Wes Moore.
- Spiegel & Grau trade pbk. ed.
- New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
- xiv, 250 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Part I. Fathers and angels. Is daddy coming with us? -- In search of home -- Foreign ground -- Part II. Choices and second chances. Marking territory -- Lost -- Hunted -- Part III. Paths taken and expectations fulfilled. The land that God forgot -- Surrounded -- Epilogue -- A call to action / Tavis Smiley.
Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
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Moore, Wes, 1978- --Childhood and youth. Moore, Wes, 1975- --Childhood and youth.
Youth--Conduct of life. African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore--Biography. African Americans--Social conditions--Maryland--Baltimore--20th century. Violence--History--Maryland--Baltimore--20th century. Prisoners--Maryland--Biography.