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Author Young, R. J. (Writer), author.

Title Let it bang : a young black man's reluctant odyssey into guns / R.J. Young.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.896 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.896 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.89 YOU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  305.896 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  305.896 YOU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.896 YOUNG    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  305.896 YOUNG    Check Shelf
Description 179 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "A story of race, guns, and self-protection in America today, through the quest--funny and searing--of a young black man learning to shoot a handgun better than a white person"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-172) and index.
Contents Charles and Lizzie -- We're all mad here -- Glock -- Obama ain't gonna know -- Grandmomme -- There is no try -- Waldo -- White NRA -- Black NRA -- You're worth more to me, asshole -- Self-defense in black and white -- The razor's edge -- Shooting with Mom -- Hands up.
Summary The quest, funny and searing, of a young man black man learning to shoot—a fascinating odyssey into race, guns, and self-protection in America
A story of race, guns, and self-protection in America today is delivered through the quest of a young black man learning to shoot a handgun better than a white person.
Subject Young, R. J. (Writer)
African Americans -- Social life and customs.
Firearms -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
African Americans -- Race relations.
African American journalists -- Biography.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
African American journalists. (OCoLC)fst00799210
African Americans -- Social life and customs. (OCoLC)fst00799703
Firearms -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00925614
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Online version: Young, R.J., (Writer). Let it bang. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9781328826329 (DLC) 2018035744
ISBN 9781328826336 (hardcover)
1328826333 (hardcover)
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