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Gifford, Justin, 1975-
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Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.
Authors, Black -- Biography.
Blacks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Gifford, Justin, 1975-
Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.
Authors, Black -- Biography.
Blacks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Street poison : the biography of Iceberg Slim /
Justin
Gifford
.
by
Gifford
,
Justin
,
1975-
Doubleday, c2015.
Call #:
813.54 S633g
Subjects
Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.
Authors, Black -- Biography.
Blacks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780385538343 (hc)
0385538340 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxi, 265 p., [8 p. of plates] : ill., photographs ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Childhood -- Chapter 2. Education -- Chapter 3. Prison -- Chapter 4. Chicago -- Chapter 5. Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary -- Chapter 6. On the road - Chapter 7. Los Angeles -- Chapter 8. Hollywood -- Chapter 9. Final years -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
A biography of the notorious and influential writer explores the sexual trauma and racial violence he endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and 50s.
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Biographies.
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