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The Life Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Life Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang

By Richard Atkinson, Joe Fiorito

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About the book

A sober memoir that provides a solid understanding of how crime is situated in structural, cultural, historical, and situational contexts. This is the life story of Ricky Atkinson, leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang, who grew up fast and hard in one of Toronto's toughest neighborhoods during the social ferment of the Sixties, during the fledgling Black Power Movement in Canada. His life was made all the more difficult coming from a black, white and aboriginal mixed family. Under his leadership, the...Show more

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9781550966749

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Exile Editions

Published year

2017

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1

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The Life Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang

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Hardcover

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