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"A former L.A. gang member describes his experiences in that world, recounting the sense of security and power found in a gang and the grim reality of violence and poverty. By age twelve, the author was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts of street crime claimed friends and family members. Before long he saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words, and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning Chicano poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more, until his young son joined a gang. He fought for his child by telling his own story in this memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, it is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation."
"A memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitabley claim its participants."@en
"A former L.A. gang member describes his experiences in that world, recounting the sense of security and power found in a gang and the grim reality of violence and poverty."@en
"Luis J. Rodríguez joined his first gang at age eleven. As a teenager, he witnessed the rise of some of the most notorious cliques and sets in Southern California and knew only a life of violence--one that revolved around drugs, gang wars, and police brutality. But unlike most of those around him, Rodríguez found a way out when art, writing, and political activism rescued him from the brink of self-destruction. A brave, unflinching account of life in a Los Angeles street gang."@en
"A former L.A. gang member describes his experiences in that world, recounting the sense of security and power found in a gang and the grim reality of violence and poverty. By age twelve, the author was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide, and senseless acts of street crime claimed friends and family members. Before long he saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words, and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning Chicano poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more, until his young son joined a gang. He fought for his child by telling his own story in this memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, it is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation."
"By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder, suicide and senselessacts of street crime claimed friends and family members."

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"Always running gang days in L.A"
"Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A"@en
"Always running la vida loca : gang days in L.A"@en
"Always running la vida loca, gang days in LA"
"Always running : gang days in L.A"
"Always running : la vida loca: gang days in L.A"
"Always running : La Vida Loca, gang days in L.A"
"Always running : La Vida Loca, gang days in L.A"@en
"Always running la vida loca, gang Days in L.A"
"Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.a"@en
"Always running la vida loca, gang days in L.A"@en
"Always running : la vida loca : gang days in L.A"@en
"Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A"
"Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A"
"Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L:A"
"Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A. [With a new introd. by the author]"

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