Fist Stick Knife Gun : A Personal History of Violence (Paperback)

from VioletBramble

This is the graphic novel adaptation of the book published in 1995. Geoffrey Canada is the President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone. This is his memoir of growing up with his brothers in the South Bronx. Canada details the progression of violence in the life of inner city children. Canada ...

from kmmoore

Geoffrey Canada shares his story of growing up surrounded by violence in "Fist Stick Knife Gun". Canada tells how everyday in his youth he dealt with some sort of violence. While he did not like to fight, he learned to in order to protect himself. This book is not a light read. It makes you think...

from livebug

Fist Stick Knife Gun is a fascinating personal graphic memoir of an extremely interesting person. The importance of violence, status and street cred in the South Bronx at even early elementary grades was saddening, but even more troubling was the transition from the street fights ("fists") to the...

from Sean191

Canada is a favorite of my wife's. It's a little nearer and dearer to her since she was a teacher and later, an assistant principal in public schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx. So, I gave this a go - I found it fascinating and depressing. In just a few decades, the whole environment of inner-city...

from CharlesHollis

I found this book fascinating because it articulated a social dynamic which I had previously been unaware existed. When confronted with the spectre of violence within the inner city, or amongst the impoverished in general, the first and only reaction by those outside of that situation is to dismi...