Merits a place alongside The Grapes Of Wrath and Native Son.  Street Kingdom, Century's first book, is an inventive mix of courageous investigative reporting, accomplished storytelling, knowing social commentary and wicked street-smart prose. . . One of the miracles of this book is that it occurred at all.

Street Kingdom is a memorable portrait, one that crumbles stereotypes and reveals not just facts. . . It brings understanding.  With passion and integrity, Century  has made Big K real and human.

                                                                                           —San Diego Union Tribune

If I were the education president every White House inhabitant claims to be, the reforms would begin with putting Douglas Century's new biography, Barney Ross on the required-reading list.

                                                                                           —Ron Grossman, The Chicago Tribune

Barney Ross is an excellent story of a man and his times.  And proof positive that time does not relinquish its hold over men or monuments. In a sport devoted to fashioning halos for its superstars, Ross wore a special nimbus, and this book properly fits him for that.

                                                                                         — Burt Randolph Sugar, The New York Times Book Review