The Resource The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates, Wes Moore
The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates, Wes Moore
- Summary
- Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 233 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385528191
- Label
- The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates
- Title
- The other Wes Moore
- Title remainder
- one name, two fates
- Statement of responsibility
- Wes Moore
- Subject
-
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography.
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Biography -- Maryland | Baltimore -- African Americans -- Biography.
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth.
- Electronic books
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Biography.
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth.
- Youth -- Conduct of life.
- Violence -- Maryland | Baltimore -- History -- 20th century.
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation
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- Title
- The other Wes Moore
- Summary
- Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment
- Subject
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- African American prisoners
- Father-separated boys
- Teenagers -- Personal conduct
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- Race relations
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography
- Baltimore, Maryland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American teenage boys
- Violence
- Family and Relationships -- Growing Up
- Life stories -- Law and order | Prisoners and inmates
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Award
- BCALA Literary Award for Nonfiction, 2011.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 349758
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 975.2/6043092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F189.B153
- LC item number
- M66 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/related_authorities
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- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the story of one name and two fates
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleRemainder
- the story of one name and two fates
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Wes Moore ; afterword by Tavis Smiley
- Label
- The other Wes Moore : one name, two fates, Wes Moore
- Related Authorities
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- History
- Prisoners and inmates
- Family and Relationships
- Moore, Wes, 1975-
- Youth
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Personal conduct
- Conduct of life.
- Social conditions
- Maryland
- Childhood and youth.
- Father-separated boys
- Prisoners
- 20th century.
- Law and order
- Moore, Wes, 1978-
- Biography
- Personal transformation
- Biography.
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Growing Up
- Teenagers
- Facing adversity
- African American prisoners
- Violence
- Baltimore
- Race relations
- African Americans
- 20th century
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Life stories
- African American teenage boys
- Related Subjects
-
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- African American prisoners
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography.
- Father-separated boys
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth.
- Teenagers -- Personal conduct
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- Race relations
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Baltimore, Maryland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American teenage boys
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Biography.
- Violence
- Family and Relationships -- Growing Up
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth.
- Youth -- Conduct of life.
- Life stories -- Law and order | Prisoners and inmates
- Violence -- Maryland | Baltimore -- History -- 20th century.
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Control code
- ocn430839083
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
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- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 233 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385528191
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009041663
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- African Americans -- Biography -- Maryland | Baltimore -- African Americans -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Electronic books
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth
- Moore, Wes, 1975- -- Childhood and youth.
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth
- Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Childhood and youth.
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography.
- Violence -- Maryland | Baltimore -- History -- 20th century.
- Youth -- Conduct of life.
- African American prisoners
- African American teenage boys
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Baltimore, Maryland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Family and Relationships -- Growing Up
- Father-separated boys
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- Life stories -- Law and order | Prisoners and inmates
- Prisoners -- Maryland -- Biography
- Race relations
- Teenagers -- Personal conduct
- Violence
Genre
- Biography
- Biography.
- Electronic books
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Biography
- Family and Relationships
- Life stories
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- BCALA Literary Award for Nonfiction, 2011.
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