Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack

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Summary: Entertaining and a very realistic portrayal of the Dee.
Review: I lived through this period (late teens) in Detroit and can attest to the influence of the Detroit Drug organizations. In fact, they are probably understated in this book. It was an invigorating, exciting, yet somewhat frightening time to be alive.

But enough about that, it's an excellent read, perhaps a little on the "academic" side with the sociological profile of Arkansas.

But rest assured, Billy Joe, White Boy Rick, Larry, and some of the others were definitely celebrities. As a high school student, we knew who they all were.

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Summary: fanasating look at urban survival
Review: I work with inner city youth and grew up in Housing projects during the 70's and 80's I actually watch with morbid curosity crack seduce and control our young black men and destroy families. This book was so close to home that at times I felt as if I was reading an autobiography of my childhood. What struk me most about this portrayal of drug dealers were their business savy and at same time their studipity. How four young men from the south could actually take over drug trade but yet didnt have sense to move away from the hood or to open bank accounts. I've always felt that street hustlers are smarter than the average wall street tthree piece suit wearing man. I would like to see a follow up on where the brothers are now in 1998 if any are actually out of prison and moving on with their lives.

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Summary: Hardcore Gangster Book!
Review: If you enjoy the movies Scarface, Goodfellas and Blow you will love this book. I personally think it is the greatest Gangster book of all-time. The Chambers brothers were the John Gotti's of Detroit in the early 80's, they completely ran the city. They had one goal in mind and that was making money, and they made some serious, serious money. The thing that made the Chambers brothers famous was the fact that they ran this operation like a business, they weren't just petty small-time punks, they were very similar to Tony Montana in the movie Scarface,[....]