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Author Moore, Wes, 1978-

Title The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates. [Book club in a bag] / Wes Moore.

Edition Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition.
Publication Info. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1609903~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Adult Kit BCB Nonfiction  Book Club in a Bag 975.26043 MOO    DUE 06-02-24
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Description xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Part I. Fathers and angels : Is daddy coming with us? -- In search of home -- Foreign ground -- Part II. Choices and second chances : Marking territory -- Lost -- Hunted -- Part III. Paths taken and expectations fulfilled : The land that God forgot -- Surrounded -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- A call to action / Tavis Smiley.
Summary Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
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Book Discussion guide includes: "Tips and Tricks for Leading a Book Club" ; Questions ; Author Biography ; Reviews ; Read-alikes.
Subject Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth.
Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth.
Youth -- Conduct of life.
African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography.
African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Violence -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
Local Subject BOOK CLUB IN A BAG
ISBN 9780385528207 (pbk.)
0385528205 (pbk.)
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