White American youth : my descent into America's most violent hate movement--and how I got out / Christian Picciolini.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Hachette Books, 2017Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 275 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780316522908Uniform titles: Romantic violence Subject(s): Picciolini, Christian -- Childhood and youth | Skinheads -- United States -- Biography | Neo-Nazis -- United States -- Biography | Ex-gang members -- United States -- Biography | White supremacy movements -- United States | Blue Island (Ill.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies.DDC classification: 320.5/6 | B LOC classification: HV6439.U5Summary: "At 14 years old, Christian Picciolini, a bright and well-loved child from a good family, had been targeted and trained to spread a violent racist agenda, quickly ascending to a highly visible leadership position in America's first neo-Nazi skinhead gang. Just how did this young boy from the suburbs of Chicago, who had so much going for him, become so lost in extremist ideologies that would horrify any decent person?"--Back cover.Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/PIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500060280 |
"Originally published as Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead in May of 2015."
"At 14 years old, Christian Picciolini, a bright and well-loved child from a good family, had been targeted and trained to spread a violent racist agenda, quickly ascending to a highly visible leadership position in America's first neo-Nazi skinhead gang. Just how did this young boy from the suburbs of Chicago, who had so much going for him, become so lost in extremist ideologies that would horrify any decent person?"--Back cover.
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