Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City

by Albert Samaha

Book Overview

This uplifting story of a boys' football team shines light on the under-appreciated virtues that can bloom in impoverished neighborhoods, even as nearby communities exclude them from economic progress.

Never Ran, Never Will tells the story of the working-class, mostly black neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn; its proud youth football team, the Mo Better Jaguars; and the young boys who are often at the center of both. Oomz,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610398688
• ISBN13: 9781610398688
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"