That bird has my wings : the autobiography of an innocent man on death row

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Label

That bird has my wings : the autobiography of an innocent man on death row

Title remainder

the autobiography of an innocent man on death row

Statement of responsibility

Jarvis Jay Masters

Creator

• trueMasters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-

Contributor

• OverDrive, Inc

Subject

• trueAfrican American prisoners -- Biography
• trueAuthors, American -- 21st century -- Biography
• trueBuddhists -- United States -- Biography
• trueElectronic books
• trueAfrican American authors
• truePrisoners -- United States -- Biography
• Masters, Jarvis Jay, 1962-

Genre

• Electronic books
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

Jarvis Jay Masters has taken an extraordinary journey of faith. Strangely enough, his moment of enlightenment came behind the bars of San Quentin's death row. Here, inmate author Masters takes us from the arms of his heroin-addicted mother to an abusive foster home, on his escape to the illusory freedom of the streets and through lonely nights spent in bus stations and juvenile homes, and finally to life inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. He chronicles the story of a bright boy who turns to a life of crime, and of a penitent man who embraces Buddhism to find hope. His personal story dramatically reminds us all that freedom and opportunity are not to be taken for granted, and that no matter what their neighborhood, no matter what their race, every child matters.--From publisher description

Biography type

autobiography

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3563.A826

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries