S Street rising : crack, murder, and redemption in D.C.
by Castaneda, Ruben,
Print Book 2014 |
Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies |
Summary
During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.C., Ruben Castaneda covered the crime beat for the Washington Post . The first in his family to graduate from college, he had landed a job at one of the country's premier newspapers. But his apparent success masked a devastating secret: he was a crack addict. Even as he covered the drug-fueled violence that was destroying the city, he was prowling S Street, a 24/7 open-air crack market, during his off hours, looking for his next fix.
S Street Rising is more than a memoir; it's a portrait of a city in crisis. It's the adrenalin-infused story of the street where Castaneda quickly became a regular, and where a fledgling church led by a charismatic and streetwise pastor was protected by the local drug kingpin, a dangerous man who followed an old-school code of honor. It's the story of Castaneda's friendship with an exceptional police homicide commander whose career was derailed when he ran afoul of Mayor Marion Barry and his political cronies. And it's a study of the city itself as it tried to rise above the bloody crack epidemic and the corrosive politics of the Barry era. S Street Rising is The Wire meets the Oscar-winning movie Crash . And it's all true.
Contents
The showCombat zone
"This must be where God needs us"
Room service champagne
"No one's out there, Babe"
Unraveling
The least and the lost
Drive-by promotion
Baldie goes down
"Captain Hennessy must die!"
D.C. confidential
Exiled
Death and resurrection
Suburban success story
"A perfect Easter story."
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Additional Information
Subjects |
Castaneda, Ruben.
Journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography. Journalists -- Drug use -- Washington (D.C.) Reporters and reporting -- Washington (D.C.) Crack (Drug) -- Washington (D.C.) Drug traffic -- Washington (D.C.) Crime -- Washington (D.C.) |
Publisher | New York :2014 |
Edition | First U.S. edition. |
Language |
English |
Description |
294 pages ; 25 cm |
ISBN | 9781620400043 (hardback) 1620400049 (hardback) |
Other | Classic View |