After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, eleven-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name Monster for committing acts of brutality and violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell, Scott channeled his aggression and drive into educating himself. A complete political and personal transformation followed: from Monster to Sanyika Shakur, black nationalist, member of the New Afrikan Independence movement, and crusader against the causes of gangsterism. In a document that has been compared to The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of America's inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience today.
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Hardback Editions
July 2004 : Library Binding
| Title: Monster Author(s): Sanyika Shakur ISBN: 1-4176-8307-4 / 978-1-4176-8307-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1999 : Library Binding
| Title: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Author(s): Monster Kody Scott, Sanyika Shakur ISBN: 0-7857-4114-3 / 978-0-7857-4114-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1993 : Hardback
| Title: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Author(s): Sanyika Shakur, Kody Scott ISBN: 0-87113-535-3 / 978-0-87113-535-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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June 2004 : Paperback
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June 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Author(s): Sanyika Shakur ISBN: 0-8021-4144-7 / 978-0-8021-4144-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1998 : Paperback
| Title: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Author(s): Sanyika Shakur Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon More details... |
July 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A.Gang Member Author(s): Sanyika Shakur ISBN: 0-330-33173-6 / 978-0-330-33173-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Pan Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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