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Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A

by Luis J. Rodriguez. 268 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Luis J. Rodriguez

Publisher:

   Curbstone Press

Place of Publication:

  Willimantic, CT  

Publication Year:

  1993
Subjects:   Rodriguez, Luis J.,--1954-, Gangs--California--Los Angeles--Biography, Mexican American Youth--California--Los Angeles--Biography
Table of contents
Always Running:: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A i
Preface 3
Chapter One 13
Chapter Two 35
Chapter Three 55
Chapter Four 80
Chapter Five 108
Chapter Six 132
Chapter Seven 160
Chapter Eight 189
Chapter Nine 210
Chapter Ten 235
Epilogue 247
Glossary 253
Other Latino Titles Available from Curbstone Press 263
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Paraguay , Country, South America
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