{"product_id":"another-day-in-the-death-of-america-a-chronicle-of-ten-short-lives-9781568589930","title":"Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston\/Wright Foundation Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In \u003ci\u003eAnother Day in the Death of America\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during one such day. It could have been any day, but he chose November 23, 2013. Black, white, and Latino, aged nine to nineteen, they fell at sleepovers, on street corners, in stairwells, and on their own doorsteps. From the rural Midwest to the barrios of Texas, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of twenty-four hours to reveal the full human stories behind the gun-violence statistics and the brief mentions in local papers of lives lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This powerful and moving work puts a human face-a child's face-on the \"collateral damage\" of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Younge\u003c\/b\u003e, an Alfred Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute, is an award-winning columnist for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and an acclaimed author. In 2009 he won the British James Cameron award for his coverage of the 2008 presidential election, and in 2015 he won the Foreign Commentator of the Year Award. In 2023 he won the Orwell Prize for Journalism. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His previous books include \u003ci\u003eWho Are We - and Should it Matter in the Twenty-First Century?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey through the American South\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly the Belle Zeller Visiting Professor of public policy and social administration at Brooklyn College, CUNY, he has two honorary degrees from British universities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260260516114,"sku":"9781568589930","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ed30304-8910-4dbe-afb8-b80b26731a43.jpg?v=1746640584","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/another-day-in-the-death-of-america-a-chronicle-of-ten-short-lives-9781568589930","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}