The author of the 1967 best seller, Down These Mean Streets, a memoir of growing up in New York City’s barrios, died at his home in California at age 83.
New York Daily News, Piri Thomas, Latin American poet and novelist who wrote on NYC’s barrios, dead …
New York Times, Piri Thomas, Spanish Harlem Author, Dies at 83
The most well-known of his books, Down These Mean Streets is still available from Vintage.
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| Retail Price: |
$13.95 |
| Paperback: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Vintage – (1997-11-25) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0679781420 / 9780679781424 |
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As well as in Spanish,
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| Retail Price: |
$15.95 |
| Paperback: |
384 pages |
| Publisher: |
Vintage – (1998-09-14) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0679776281 / 9780679776284 |
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Also still available is a collection of his stories.
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| Retail Price: |
$19.95 |
| Paperback: |
136 pages |
| Publisher: |
Freedom Voices Pubns – (2005-12-15) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0915117118 / 9780915117116 |
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