Another Day in the Death of America : A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives (Hardcover)

from ozzer

Reading ANOTHER DAY IN THE DEATH OF AMERICA makes one want to "howl with anger"-just as Gary Younge does-at the enormous waste, anguish and helplessness brought on by gun violence in America. The focus of Younge's book is not on gun control, however. Instead he looks at its victims-an average of ...

from Sheila1957

Timely. One day in America, 10 gun deaths on that day. This is not a book that will leave me. I cried. I got angry. Written objectively. He gives you the information and allows you to decide if it is good or bad, right or wrong. I hated the fear-mongering that occurred early in the book coming fr...

from bness2

Heartbreaking and profound. Younge intersperses personal accounts about the lives and deaths of 10 children who died after being shot on a single day in America with statistics and data on gun violence, poverty and racism in America. A must read for anyone concerned about gun violence in America,...

from atticusfinch1048

Another Day in the Death of America - Life is cheap Gary Younge latest book is just about one day in America at random, which happened to be Saturday 23rd November 2013, on which like any other day ten children and teens were killed by gunfire. The youngest being nine and the oldest was nineteen ...

from froxgirl

"This book is the story of young people, most of whom made bad decisions - some were killed, others did the killing. Some did nothing worse than make a poor choice in friends. One needn't excuse a single thing they have done to understand that what distinguishes them from other, more fortunate yo...