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Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence
- Author
- Nicholas, Jamar.
- Title
- Fist, stick, knife, gun : a personal history of violence / Geoffrey Canada ; adapted by Jamar Nicholas.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2010.
- Description
- 124 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
- Other contributors
- Canada, Geoffrey.
- Notes
- "Based on the memoir: Fist, stick, knife, gun, by Geoffrey Canada." "A true story in black and white"--Cover.
- Summary
- Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of a Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on the streets today.
- Subject headings
- Canada, Geoffrey--Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc. Children and violence--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc. Violence in children--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc. African American children--New York (State)--New York--Comic books, strips, etc. Children--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Genre heading
- Graphic novels.
- ISBN
- 9780807044490 (pbk.) 0807044490 (pbk.)