A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING: THE TRUE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST ALL-BLACK HIGH SCHOOL ROWING TEAM Coming of Age Fiction Publisher : Granta Books

Publisher : Granta Books

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ISBN-13 : 9781410492081

ISBN-13 : 9780615237695

ISBN-10 : 1626983089

A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING: THE TRUE STORY OF AMERICA'S FIRST ALL-BLACK HIGH SCHOOL ROWING TEAM Coming of Age Fiction Publisher : Granta BooksThe moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives. Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs, the hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by drug addicts he calls "zombies" with strung out arms, clutching