{"product_id":"death-at-an-early-age-the-classic-indictment-of-inner-city-education-national-book-award-winner-paperback","title":"Death at an Early Age: The Classic Indictment of Inner-City Education (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Kozol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most overcrowded inner-city schools. Here, he unflinchingly exposes the disturbing \"destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school.\" \u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age \u003c\/i\u003eis the unsparing, heart-wrenching account of the year he spent there--the most shocking and powerful personal story ever told by a young teacher, now updated with a new epilogue by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Honest and terrifying... the heartbreaking story it tells has to be read.\"--\u003cb\u003eRobert Coles, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Will anger you to the boiling point and may make you want to weep... I recommend--with considerable urgency--\u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Kozol\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDeath at an Early Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSavage Inequalities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, and other award-winning books about young children and their public schools. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Coles \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume \u003ci\u003eChildren of Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Intelligence of Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spiritual Intelligence of Children\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751039926560,"sku":"9780452262928","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9d5b2fabd4b8f0639a5538eba15e14e.webp?v=1779962918","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-at-an-early-age-the-classic-indictment-of-inner-city-education-national-book-award-winner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}