03075nam 22004933u 450 991082473300332120230207231638.0(CKB)2550000000082458(EBL)293932(OCoLC)153885884(MiAaPQ)EBC293932(EXLCZ)99255000000008245820140317d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||My Bloody Life[electronic resource] The Making of a Latin KingChicago Chicago Review Press20071 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55652-401-3 Table of Contents; Preface; 1 La Familia; 2 Chicago; 3 Humboldt Park; 4 The Beatings Begin; 5 The Spanish Lords; 6 Murder in the 'Hood; 7 My Teacher Maria; 8 No Paradise; 9 No Home; 10 Jenny; 11 Lords of Nothing; 12 Chi-West; 13 Coward; 14 Can't Be Normal Even If I Tried; 15 First Kill; 16 The Acceptable Difference; 17 Officer Friendly; 18 China; 19 Back to the Hunting Grounds; 20 Betrayed into a Coma; 21 Madness; 22 Rosie; 23 Convenient Agreement; 24 My Girl; 25 Prove Myself Worthy; 26 Rape; 27 Crowned; 28 Violence Rules; 29 Madman; 30 Losing Maplewood Park; 31 My Rosie; 32 Down Brother33 Poor Rosie34 Juni; 35 Loca; 36 Morena, R.I.P.; 37 NRA? Lucky's Death; 38 Crazy Ways; 39 Disciplined; 40 No Lesson Learned; 41 Spread the Violence; 42 Enemies Near; 43 Disowned; 44 The Way It Is; 45 Another Addiction; 46 Close Call; 47 The Law; 48 Free?; 49 Older Woman; 50 Love Lost; 51 Lesson Learned, Finally; 52 Crownless; 53 Tragedies Continue With or Without MeLooking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex, and was left to fend for himself before age 14. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became his refuge and his world, but its violence cost him friends, freedom, self-respect, and nearly his life. This is a raw and powerful odyssey through the ranks of the new mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs are members of your own gang, who in one breath will say they'll die for you and in the next will oChicago (Ill.) - Social conditions - 20th centuryPuerto Ricans - Illinois - ChicagoSanchez, ReymundoSanchez, ReymundoViolence - Illinois - ChicagoChicago (Ill.)Social conditions20th centuryChicago (Ill.) - Social conditions - 20th century.Puerto Ricans - Illinois - Chicago.Sanchez, Reymundo.Sanchez, Reymundo.Violence - Illinois - Chicago.364.1066092977.3/11004687295/0092 BSanchez Reymundo898560AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910824733003321My Bloody Life2638946UNINA