Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Childhood -- Chapter 2. Education -- Chapter 3. Prison -- Chapter 4. Chicago -- Chapter 5. Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary -- Chapter 6. On the road - Chapter 7. Los Angeles -- Chapter 8. Hollywood -- Chapter 9. Final years -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary
A biography of the notorious and influential writer explores the sexual trauma and racial violence he endured that led to his reinvention as Iceberg Slim, one of America's most infamous pimps of the 1940s and 50s.
