An American Summer
Kotlowitz, Alex From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of the impact of violence on Chicago's most vulnerable neighborhoods.The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14, 033 people have been killed and another roughly 60, 000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chron...