Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore's Deadliest Gang Leader

Description: Life Sentence by Mark Bowden In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city ganglife, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depthportrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigationthat landed eight gang members in prisonSandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world;it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notoriousby David Simons classic HBO series "The Wire." Drug deals dominate streetcorners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds.Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He wasthe leader of the gang "Trained to Go," or TTG, and when he was finallyarrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been nicknamed "BaltimoresNumber One Trigger Puller." Under Tanas reign, TTG dominated Sandtown. After astring of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses toointimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison forlife. For them, this was never about drugs: It was about serial murder.Now an acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the whitesuburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access tothe FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the citys deadliest gangsand its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden useswiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages,social media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations withTanas family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-citygang ever written.With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, MarkBowden positions Tana – as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner –in the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what itreally was: a life sentence. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography MARK BOWDEN is the author of fifteen books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down. He reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for the Atlantic and other magazines. Review "Most of the TTG gang members are now serving life sentences, but as Bowden starkly illustrates, neutralizing one criminal enterprise wont solve the great ongoing tragedy of violence in poor, isolated urban Black communities, nor will it fix the devastation fueled by racist policies from the 19th and 20th centuries." —The Washington Post"A ground level view… The masterful yarn is a riveting true narrative about an FBI investigation that landed eight criminal bosses behind bars in the city profiled in the popular American television crime drama The Wire." – Associated Press"Life Sentence is a masterpiece, right up there with Black Hawk Down and Guests of the Ayatollah. Its gripping, its fast, its deeply insightful and empathetic, and its brilliantly and exhaustively reported. People should read it." —Matt Bai, Washington Post contributing columnist and author of All the Truth Is Out"Gripping and revealing. . . A powerful, nuanced depiction of gang violence in America that makes a strong case for meaningful reform beyond policing." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A scorching true-crime narrative. . . Bowden pulls no punches in his indictment of the ways in which the richest country in the world has allowed Black children for decades to be born into blighted urban neighborhoods, and saddled them with burdens that they must struggle to surmount to lead meaningful lives. This account of "young men growing up in a place where murderous violence has become a way of life" will haunt readers long after they finish it." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Praise for Mark Bowden:"A Woodward that outdoes even Woodward." —Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker"Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral reading experiences imaginable. . . The individual stories are woven together in such a compelling and expert fashion, the narrative flows so seamlessly, that its hard to imagine that this is not fiction." —The Philadelphia Inquirer on Black Hawk Down Promotional Grove Atlantic Long Description In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight gang members in prison Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notorious by David Simons classic HBO series "The Wire." Drug deals dominate street corners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds. Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He was the leader of the gang "Trained to Go," or TTG, and when he was finally arrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been nicknamed "Baltimores Number One Trigger Puller." Under Tanas reign, TTG dominated Santown. After a string of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses too intimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison for life. For them, this was never about drugs: It was about serial murder. Now an acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the white suburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access to the FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the citys deadliest gangs and its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden uses wiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages, social media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations with Tanas family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-city gang ever written. With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, Mark Bowden positions Tana - as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner - in the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what it really was: a life sentence. Review Quote Praise for Mark Bowden: "A Woodward that outdoes even Woodward." --MalcolmGladwell, New Yorker "Amazing . . . One of the most intense, visceral readingexperiences imaginable. . . . The individual stories are woven together in sucha compelling and expert fashion, the narrative flows so seamlessly, that itshard to imagine that this is not fiction." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer on BlackHawk Down Description for Sales People - A dramatic, propulsive, true crime story of a majorBaltimore gang and the FBI investigation into it, taking place largely from2015-2018 and culminating in the trial that resulted in the sentencing of eight"Trained to Go" members and Montana Barronette himself - Gangs have been a part of inner-city American life fordecades Mark Bowden had unprecedented insider access - the mostexclusive, firsthand access he has had reporting a story since Black HawkDown - including interview transcripts, wiretaps, and direct relationshipswith the Baltimore Police Department and former gang members who wentundercover in the gang - Bowden grew up on the "white side" of Baltimore, in thesuburbs, and moved to the city after graduating from college to work as areporter for the Baltimore News-American. He recalls his segregatedupbringing and the problematic reporting practices of the citys newspapers andthe stories that have been left out, an issue he seeks to remedy in LifeSentence - For fans of David Simons work ("The Wire," Homicide, "WeOwn This City), Life Sentence follows a gang in the same neighborhooddepicted in the acclaimed HBO series "The Wire" For readers of Sanyika Shakurs Monster, Leon Bings Door Die, Luis J. Rodriguezs Always Running, and Roberto Savianos ThePiranhas and Gomorrah Details ISBN0802162428 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0802162428 ISBN-13 9780802162427 Format Hardcover Author Mark Bowden Short Title Life Sentence Pages 320 UK Release Date 2023-05-18 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-05-18 NZ Release Date 2023-05-18 US Release Date 2023-05-18 Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Publication Date 2023-05-18 Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Subtitle The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimores Deadliest Gang Leader DEWEY 364.1066097526 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141855054;

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