The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir

One man's "gripping" story of growing up in the South Bronx during an era of upheaval-and overcoming addiction to find success (Library Journal).

Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time-the 1950s-when that neighborhood was a place of optimism and hope for upwardly mobile Black and Latino families. Brought up in a two-parent household, with many neighborhood mentors, Jones led an almost charmed life as a budding basketball star-until his teen years, whe...