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The rent collectors : exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant LA / Jesse Katz.

Rent collectors : (other title)
Katz, Jesse, (author.).

Summary:

"The gripping true story about a botched gang murder set in the invisible economy of LA's immigrant street vendors."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781662601736
  • ISBN: 1662601735
  • Physical Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Astra House, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310).
Formatted Contents Note:
A forgotten planet -- The shadows of life -- La vida loca -- Social citizenship -- Marked for life -- To rise above conformity -- Do something -- I am real -- Why do we have to pay? -- The drama -- The right guy -- The price you pay -- Something bigger than yourself -- The suspect -- No one sees nothing -- A change of plans -- Make him feel at ease -- Headfirst into the deep end -- As if all were alive and dead -- Get something on paper -- A new life -- The right way -- Just to set an example -- The kid doesn't know what's coming -- I want to go home -- Stained -- Not part of nothing no more -- Sideways from there -- He let me live -- Everybody's elses fault -- Tell the truth -- It took getting shot -- The rogues -- Sensitive needs -- Parables -- Deep inconsistencies -- A second chance -- What do I have to offer? -- The truth of who we are.
Subject:
Gangs > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Immigrants > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Latin Americans > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Genre:
Informational works.
Case studies.
True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 364.1523 KAT (Text) 36015000471595 Adult Nonfiction Available -