Little Brother Love, Tragedy, and My Search for the Truth

Name: Little Brother
Author: Ben Westhoff

Auteur: Ben Westhoff

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Ben Westhoff

Engels
Hardcover
9780306923173
24 mei 2022
288 pagina's

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This intimate exploration of race and inequality in America tells the story of a journalists long-time relationship with his mentee, Jorell Cleveland, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and investigates Jorell's tragic fatal shooting.

In 2005, soon after Ben Westhoff moved to St. Louis, he joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and was paired with Jorell Cleveland. Ben was twenty-eight, a white college grad from an affluent family. Jorell was eight, one of nine children from a poor, African American family living in nearby Ferguson. But the two instantly connected. Ben and Jorell formed a bond stronger than nearly any other in their lives. When Ben met the woman who'd become his wife, she observed that Ben and Jorell were "a package deal." They were brothers.

In the summer of 2016, Jorell was shot at point blank range in broad daylight in the middle of the street, yet no one was charged in his death. Ben grappled with mourning Jorell, but also with a feeling of responsibility. As Jorells mentor, what could he have done differently? As a journalist, he had reported on gang life, interviewed crime kingpins, and even infiltrated drug labs in China. But now, he was investigating the life and death of someone he knew personally and examining what he did and did not know about his friend. Learning the truth about Jorell and the man who killed him required Ben to uncover a heartbreaking cycle of poverty, poor education, drug trafficking, and violence. Little Brother brilliantly combines a deeply personal history with a true-crime narrative that exposes the realities of life in communities like Ferguson all around the country.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 mei 2022
Aantal pagina's: 288

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Hoofdauteur: Ben Westhoff
Verteller: Ben Westhoff
Hoofduitgeverij: Hachette Books

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Product breedte: 155 mm
Product hoogte: 30 mm
Product lengte: 224 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 155 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm
Verpakking lengte: 224 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 454 g

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Biografieën & Waargebeurd

Geschiedenis

Historisch

True crime

Sociale groepen

Etnische studies

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Noord-, Midden-, & Zuid-Amerika

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Land: Verenigde Staten
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Taal: Engels
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