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Slipping Into Darkness : My Survival in America's Most Violent Ghetto...a true story [CD-ROM]

M. Rutledge McCall (Author)

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Publication Date: November 1, 2000

This shocking saga details the year and a half investigative journalist M. Rutledge McCall spent living in the largest, most violent ghetto in America: California's South Central Los Angeles.

During his time in the 'hood, gang members were sending bullet-riddled corpses to the county morgue at the rate of one every 11 hours. After spending months in gang turf on a regular basis, sufficient mutual trust and respect grew between gang members and McCall that they allowed him to be involved in every aspect of their lives: to go where they went, to see what they saw, to do what they did. ...The first white outsider ever allowed complete access to modern, big-city, black and Latino gangs.

The coincidental timing of McCall's research encompassed some of the most violent episodes ever to grip L.A.: the Rodney King beating and the trial of the police officers involved, the Latasha Harlins murder by a Korean grocer, and the deadliest riot in modern American history.

The events that this writer witnessed and participated in, not only shattered his perceptions of racism in America today, they shattered his entire life. The sequence of some of the events in this stunning account has been shuffled, in order to protect the guilty...the author included.

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"It isn't often we get this excited about a title. This book addresses so many current socio-political issues--juvenile street crime, police abuse, fatherhood, racism, and on and on--in such a unique you-are-there style that we recognized it immediately as a work of immense contemporary significance. We publishers know not to openly confess such feelings, but one word popped into my head when I finished my non-stop reading of the draft...'Pulitzer.'" -Charles Washington, Jr.

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"I could fill a hundred books with what I saw and experienced in my year and a half in the South Central ghetto," states investigative journalist M. Rutledge McCall, "including unspeakable atrocities, which shall remain unspoken. Had I known what lay ahead of me when I began this research...I would never have undertaken it. I'm thankful I survived. Most do not."

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Product Details

CD-ROM
Publisher: McCall Books (November 1, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0970153104
ISBN-13: 978-0970153104

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ, September 5, 2001

Brett Peruzzi (Northwest U.S.) - See all my reviews

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Brilliantly portrays a life and place most Americans can only imagine. Beginning to end...a riveting account of one of America's worst urban nightmares.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful yet Thrilling Treatise, July 17, 2000

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The author of this book makes you feel like you are right there experiencing everything as it happens. At the same time, he adds footnotes that give you additional information about what was going on. He gives a lot of background information about what was occurring sociologically at the time. This creates a deeper understanding and makes it a must read for anyone seeking to understand this culture.

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5.0 out of 5 stars PURE GENIUS, July 4, 2000

Dr. Elliot Prichert (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This book will no doubt greatly upset racists, the irreligeous and other similarly IQ-challenged, but the subject matter is important and this writer is a brave new visionary. His writing style is pure genius, part poetry, part prose, and all powerful. If you want to experience an exciting study of what causes racism and hatred based solely on skin color, then read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!
Man I got to disagree with that Maggie persons review totally. This book not only puts down violence and destruction it offers a great solution for solving such problems in our... Read more

Published on February 12, 2002 by David Johannsen

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!
I couldn't stop turning the pages. This guy is, bar none, one of the best writers in America today, and "Slipping Into Darkness" is simply incredible. Read more

Published on August 2, 2001 by Cindy Bond

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Its PULITZER nomination!
SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS by M. Rutledge McCall is a book that brings gang life to the reader. It is so intense that there were times I had to walk away from it. Read more

Published on April 5, 2001 by Hattie

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Incredible
I was far more dazzled by this book than the guy from Montebello. Matter of fact, I agree with the other "breathless" reviews, and I've never even heard of this writer... Read more

Published on December 19, 2000 by Ray

5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting... disturbing... thought provoking
M. Rutledge McCall has given us a window into a place where no one wants to go. And he has created this window the only way possible, from the inside. Read more

Published on August 20, 2000 by Charles Holland

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thoughtful yet Thrilling Treatise
The author of this book makes you feel like you are right there experiencing everything as it happens. Read more

Published on July 17, 2000 by S. Ipes

5.0 out of 5 stars "GRITTY...A TRUE TRIUMPH!"
McCall pries up the gritty corner on our urban lives so we can see the truth of our bleak future lurking beneath the polite media hum. The future is NOW. Read more

Published on July 10, 2000 by George Geiger

5.0 out of 5 stars Soul-changing, heart-stopping adventure
Rarely have I read a book that grabbed and held onto so many parts of me! The action was so tight, I was nearly afraid to turn the pages, and yet I was breathless with... Read more

Published on June 29, 2000 by Ann E. Swezene

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading
I am a French student here in America with my parents living in San Francisco. I have read this book and believe strongly it should be required reading in high schools. Read more

Published on June 20, 2000 by Matile DeVoe

5.0 out of 5 stars Tha BOMB!
This book just RULES! The range of emotions this writer takes you through leaves you completely drained. Wow. Read more

Published on June 7, 2000

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