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Summary:

"G-Dog and the Homeboys presents the story of Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes. In this expanded, updated edition, Celeste Fremon has returned to East L.A. to report on gang members she first profiled fifteen years ago. Using their individual stories as models, she examines what policy makers should know about gang intervention now, years later"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Fremon, Celeste , author

Contributors:

Brokaw, Tom , writer of foreword

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

G-dog and the homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the gangs of East Los Angeles [by Fremon, C.]

Subjects:

Boyle, Greg

Church work with juvenile delinquents — California — East Los Angeles

Church work with Mexican Americans — California — East Los Angeles

Mexican American gangs — California — East Los Angeles

Church work with juvenile delinquents — Catholic Church

East Los Angeles (Calif.) — Church history

Church work with juvenile delinquents

Church work with Mexican Americans

Mexican American gangs

Church history

California — East Los Angeles

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

BX2347.8.J89 F74 2008

ISBNs:

9780826344854 (pbk., alk. paper)
0826344852 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008015834

OCLC Numbers:

225846691