All God's Children
The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence
by Fox Butterfield

Description:

A timely reissue of Fox Butterfield’s masterpiece, All God’s Children, a searing examination of the caustic cumulative effect of racism and violence over 5 generations of black Americans.

Willie Bosket is a brilliant, violent man who began his criminal career at age five; his slaying of two subway riders at fifteen led to the passage of the first law in the nation allowing teenagers to be tried as adults. Butterfield traces the Bosket family back to their days as South Carolina slaves and documents how Willie is the culmination of generations of neglect, cruelty, discrimination and brutality directed at black Americans. From the terrifying scourge of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction to the brutal streets of 1970s New York, this is an unforgettable examination of the painful roots of violence and racism in America.

All God's Children
The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence
by Fox Butterfield

ISBN: 9780307280336
ISBN-10: 0307280330
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (Random House)
Publication Date: 2008 (reprint)
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Book Type: New