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24 titles for readers of Street Legends by Seth Ferranti, selected for shared themes: Criminals & Outlaws, African American & Black Studies, Criminology, and True Crime.

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Street Legends Vol. 2

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

I Am Troy Davis

Jen Marlowe

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

Citizen Outlaw One Man’s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper

Charles Barber

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill Legendary African American Desperado

Larry L. Massey

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

Redbone Money, Malice, and Murder in Atlanta

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

The Autobiography of an American Ghetto Boy The 1950’s and 1960’s from the Projects to NAACP Image Award Winner

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

Lay this Body Down The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves

Gregory A. Freeman

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • True Crime

Monster The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Sanyika Shakur

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

Hellhound on His Trail The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • True Crime

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Charleston’s Trial Jim Crow Justice

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • True Crime

#11

Lady Q The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen

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Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Criminology • True Crime

#12

Paddy Whacked The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster

T. J. English

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Criminology • True Crime

#13

Black Mass The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob

Dick Lehr

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Criminology • True Crime

#14

The Officer’s Daughter A Memoir of Family and Forgiveness

Elle Johnson

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • True Crime

#15

Brutal The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger’s Irish Mob

Kevin Weeks

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Criminology • True Crime

#16

Discovering Wes Moore

Wes Moore

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • African American & Black Studies • Criminology

#17

Blood in the Fields Ten Years Inside California’s Nuestra Familia Gang

Julia Reynolds

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Criminology • True Crime

#18

Gang Leader for a Day

Sudhir Venkatesh

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#19

A Plea for Justice The Timothy Cole Story

Fred B. McKinley

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#20

The Isaiah Fountain Case

Joseph Koper

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#21

Louisiana V. Vincent Simmons Frame-up in Avoyelles Parish

Katja Pumm

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#22

The Almighty Black P Stone Nation The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang

Natalie Y. Moore

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#23

Ghettoside A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy

Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

#24

Land of Opportunity One Family’s Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack

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Themes: African American & Black Studies • Criminology • True Crime

If Street Legends by Seth Ferranti is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Criminals & Outlaws, African American & Black Studies, Criminology and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Seth Ferranti, Jen Marlowe, Charles Barber, Larry L. Massey, and others.