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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gifford, Justin, 1975-     Subjects     Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.     Authors, Black -- Biography.     Blacks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gifford, Justin, 1975-       by title:      Street poison : the ...       by call number:      813.54 S633g     Search the Web     Gifford, Justin, 1975-     Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992.     Authors, Black -- Biography.     Blacks -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.     Pimps -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 813.54 S633g Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 813.54 S633g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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