Description
Book SynopsisChronicles Ron Casanova's struggle out of poverty, homelessness, and drug addiction to find dignity and purpose in life. Through his own awakening, this Black, Puerto Rican activist ultimately finds his answer in helping other people.
Trade Review"An eloquent voice for Americans too often ignored or scapegoated."—
Booklist "A valuable firsthand account of a street survivor's harrowing experiences." —
Kirkus Reviews "Read
Each One Teach One as the epic of a man's awakening to community and purpose from a life lived on the bounce between our savage so-called social institutions and the streets. Or read it as a raw bulletin from the fractured front of a class war too many in our country want to ignore. Either way, this is an urgent, vital, necessary book." —Fred Pfeil, author of
What They Tell You to ForgetTable of Contents
- Rabbit Blood
- Stray Dog
- Living in the Notch
- Ricochet Kid
- Jitterbugging
- Coxsackie
- Matteawan
- Playing in the Village
- Fork in the Road
- Comstock
- Rise and Fall
- New Chances, Old Patterns
- A Bowl of Soup and a Prayer
- Tent City
- Up from the Wounded Streets
- The New Exodus March
- The ABCs of Politics
- The Gun to Our Heads
- A Dinkins Christmas
- Takeover
- The Kansas City Union of the Homeless
- A Time to Reassess
- Dilemma
- America Street
