Title Street poison : the life and times of Iceberg Slim / Justin Gifford. [Boundless electronic resource]

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First edition.

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New York : Doubleday, [2015]

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Description	1 online resource (xxi, 265 pages) : illustrations
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Contents	Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Childhood -- Chapter 2. Education -- Chapter 3. Prison -- Chapter 4. Chicago -- Chapter 5. Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary -- Chapter 6. On the road -- Chapter 7. Los Angeles -- Chapter 8. Hollywood -- Chapter 9. Final years -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary	A biography of the notorious and influential writer explores the sexual trauma and racial violence he endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and 50s.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.
	Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.
	African American authors -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
	Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
	African American authors.
	African Americans.
	Pimps.
	Illinois -- Chicago.
Genre	Biography.
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Gifford, Justin, 1975- Street poison New York : Doubleday, [2015] 9780385538343 (DLC) 2014037252 (OCoLC)893098908
ISBN	9780385538381 : $65.00
	0385538383 : $65.00

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