Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

Down These Mean Streets

Piri Thomas

352 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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Memoir, coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem by Puerto Rican. Dark-skinned morenito had family who ignored African blood. Consolation from drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery end when Piri 22 goes to Sing Sing prison for shooting a...

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Moods

dark 92%
emotional 84%
reflective 84%
challenging 38%
inspiring 30%
sad 30%
tense 30%
informative 23%
adventurous 15%
hopeful 15%
funny 7%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 23%
fast 15%

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