The Rat That Got Away: A Bronx Memoir

by Allen Jones

Book Overview

The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a unique vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds new light on a neglected period in American urban history.

Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time--the 1950s--when that neighborhood was a place of optimism and hope...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823231038
• ISBN13: 9780823231034
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"