The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir

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THE RAT THAT GOT AWAY A BRONX MEMOIR ALLEN JONES with Mark Naison FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS ■ NewYork 2009 Copyright 䉷 2009 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, Allen, 1950– The rat that got away : a Bronx memoir / Allen Jones with Mark Naison.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8232-3102-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Jones, Allen, 1950–—Childhood and youth. 2. Bronx (New York, N.Y.)—Biography. 3. New York (N.Y.)—Biography. 4. African American young men—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 5. Public housing—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. 6. Drug dealers—New York (State)—New York—Biography. 7. Bronx (New York, N.Y.)—Social life and customs—20th century. 8. Preparatory school students—Massachusetts—Great Barrington (Town)—Biography. 9. African American basketball players—Europe—Biography. 10. African Americans— Luxembourg—Biography. I. Naison, Mark, 1946– II. Title. F128.68.B8J64 2009 974.7⬘275043092—dc22 [B] 2009014583 Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 First edition ...