{"product_id":"life-sentence-the-brief-and-tragic-career-of-baltimores-deadliest-gang-leader-paperback","title":"Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore's Deadliest Gang Leader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang\u003cbr\u003elife, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth\u003cbr\u003eportrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation\u003cbr\u003ethat landed eight gang members in prison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world;\u003cbr\u003eit earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notorious\u003cbr\u003eby David Simon's classic HBO series \"The Wire.\" Drug deals dominate street\u003cbr\u003ecorners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds.Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He was\u003cbr\u003ethe leader of the gang \"Trained to Go,\" or TTG, and when he was finally\u003cbr\u003earrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been nicknamed \"Baltimore's\u003cbr\u003eNumber One Trigger Puller.\" Under Tana's reign, TTG dominated Sandtown. After a\u003cbr\u003estring of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses too\u003cbr\u003eintimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison for\u003cbr\u003elife. For them, this was never about drugs: It was about serial murder.Now an acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the white\u003cbr\u003esuburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access to\u003cbr\u003ethe FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the city's deadliest gangs\u003cbr\u003eand its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden uses\u003cbr\u003ewiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages, \u003cbr\u003esocial media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations with\u003cbr\u003eTana's family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-city\u003cbr\u003egang ever written.With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, Mark\u003cbr\u003eBowden positions Tana - as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner -\u003cbr\u003ein the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what it\u003cbr\u003ereally was: a life sentence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK BOWDEN \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of fifteen books, including the\u003cbr\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e. He\u003cbr\u003ereported at the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty years and now\u003cbr\u003ewrites for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979100750125,"sku":"9780802163325","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/I_bx1VVMok9780802163325.webp?v=1775818986","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/life-sentence-the-brief-and-tragic-career-of-baltimores-deadliest-gang-leader-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}