Douglas Century
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DOUGLAS CENTURY
is the author of Barney Ross: The Life of a Jewish Fighter; Street Kingdom: Five Years Inside the  Franklin Avenue Posse and the coauthor of the New York Times best-sellers Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire and Under and Alone.  He has written frequently for The New York Times among many other publications, and is a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine


 

critical praise

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.

                                                         The New York Times Book Review


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.

                                                                  The Chicago Tribune

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 . . .
                                                                                                                Detroit Free Press                                                                      

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


 


Contact Author:

douglas@douglascentury.com


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