The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates / Wes Moore.
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TextPublication details: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.Edition: Spiegel & Grau trade pbk. edDescription: xiv, 250 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780385528207 (pbk.)
- 0385528205 (pbk.)
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth
- Youth -- Conduct of life
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography
- African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Violence -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 20th century
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography
- F 189 .B153 M66 2011
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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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