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Mar 5, 2019 · An Amazon Best Book of March 2019: In An American Summer, Alex Kotlowitz turns his compassionate investigative eye back to the urban violence of the Windy City. In order to understand the level of violence that still plagues Chicago, Kotlowitz chronicles the events of a single summer in some of the city’s most neglected neighborhoods.
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Mar 5, 2019 · Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul.
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Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity - and the breaking point - of the human heart and soul.
Mar 8, 2019 · In An American Summer, his latest book, Kotlowitz revisits the brutal, blood-soaked streets of Chicago and digs into the lives of those touched by violence, both...
“An American Summer” is a powerful indictment of a city and a nation that have failed to protect their most vulnerable residents, or to register the depth of their pain.
Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity–and the breaking point–of the human heart and soul.
Mar 5, 2019 · A nonfiction book by Alex Kotlowitz that chronicles the lives and violence of residents in Chicago in 2013. Kirkus Reviews praises the author's uncompromising and unforgettable portrait of a summer of dreams and gun violence.
