01660cam a2200337 i 4500 371588591 TxAuBib 20190307120000.0 180323s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018014026 9780385538800 0385538804 (OCoLC)1029772025 TxAuBib rda Kotlowitz, Alex,. An American summer [Book] : love and death in Chicago / Alex Kotlowitz. First edition. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019] x, 287 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul" --from dust jacket. 20190307. Youth and violence Illinois Chicago. Violent crimes Illinois Chicago. Victims of violent crimes Illinois Chicago. African American youth Illinois Chicago Social conditions 21st century. African Americans Illinois Chicago Social conditions 21st century. Chicago (Ill) Social conditions 21st century.