Chapter 2. A Useless And Terrible Death

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Maps xii
4. Prologue. A Place I Thought I Knew 1
5. Chapter 1. An Ordinary Neighborhood In An Extraordinary City 11
6. Chapter 2. A Useless And Terrible Death 45
7. Chapter 3. Apartness Rules Our Roost 68
8. Chapter 4. In The Shadow Of The South Bronx 111
9. Chapter 5. Crack Years 158
10. Chapter 6. A New Neighborhood In A New City 196
11. Epilogue. Bittersweet Victory 223
12. Acknowledgments 239
13. Notes 245
14. Index 287