At Peril: Stories of Injustice

by Thomas J. Cottle

Book Overview

At its heart, this book is a collection of personal accounts that speak to a variety of social concerns, from youth crime and domestic violence to public education and health care. Told by children as well as adults, these stories offer illuminating if sometimes disturbing testimony about the circumstances of life in the contemporary United States. One story, for example, depicts the precarious world of a thirteen-year-old drug dealer. Another presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558494030
• ISBN13: 9781558494039
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"