THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS—Losing My Cool—Books—Hip-Hop Culture—1ST ED HC

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A SIGNED First Edition in HARDCOVER: • “LOSING MY COOL: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture”(Penguin Press, 2010) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing) • BY THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS • SIGNING NOTE: The author THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS’s inscription & signature appears, in black ink, on the Title Page. • ABOUT THIS TITLE:• “Growing up, THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS knew he loved three things in life: his parents, literature, and the intoxicating hip-hop culture that surrounded him. For years, he managed to juggle two disparate lifestyles, ‘keeping it real’ in his friends’ eyes and studying for the SATs under his father's strict tutelage-until it all threatened to spin out of control. Written with remarkable candor and emotional depth, LOSING MY COOL portrays the allure and danger of hip-hop culture with the authority of a true fan who's lived through it all, while demonstrating the saving grace of literature and the power of the bond between father and son.”—THE PUBLISHER • “An eye-opening celebration of life and its potential, and a call never to squander it, no matter where you come from.”—CATHY PEUTT MILLER, NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS • “This is more than a coming-of-age story; it is an awakening, as WILLIAMS blends DOSTOYEVSKY and JAY-Z IN a compelling memoir and analysis of urban youth culture.” —VANESSA BUSH, BOOKLIST • “A provocative, intellectual memoir.”—USA TODAY • “In WILLIAMS’ debut, he offers a memoir that focuses on his upbringing, primarily credited to a father who instilled in him a value of education and mature study habits over sports and recreation. WILLIAMS recalls that he spent many summer days growing up pouring over flash cards or his seemingly never-ending stack of books, while his peers swam and played outside. What little free time he had he spent at a local park playing basketball and idolizing the older boys, one, in particular, who loved Hip-Hop and had gained the street cred that came from violence when defending one's honor…. As WILLIAMS enters adulthood and begins his first semester at Georgetown, he meets people of many different ethnicities and cultures and his opinions of the black identity begin to change. WILLIAMS’ innate respect for knowledge and analysis emerges, and he discovers the value of the people around him and real experience over image.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • “LOSING MY COOL starts out as an explicit argument about ‘loss of discipline and spirit in the hip-hop era’ and shape-shifts into an engaging, well-written memoir…. There is much to admire in LOSING MY COOL, and more to anticipate from WILLIAMS.” —JABARI ASIM, WASHINGTON POST • “Fanwood, N.J., does not have a literary pedigree, or even a downtown bookstore, and yet it has produced a very talented writer. In this memoir, WILLIAMS is transformed from a skinny teenager who shoots hoops, gets into bloody brawls and smacks his girlfriend, into a philosophy major and author.” —TARA MCKELVEY, NEW YORK TIMES • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “LOSING MY COOL: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture” BY: THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS TYPE: HARDCOVER PAGES: 221+ PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Penguin Press (New York), 2010 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, the statement “First Published in 2010 by Penguin Press” & this Number Row: “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.” ISBN: 978-1-59420-263-6 CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD PLUS. DJ is bright & clean. Price (24.95) is unclipped. Spine tips & corners are lightly bumped. Light edgewear. Light scratching (from normal handling) on sides. CONDITION OF BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD PLUS. Book is square. Boards are clean. Corners are sharp. Spine is tight & uncreased with bumped tips. Text-block edges are clean & bright. The pages are pointedly clean & bright—with no other writing besides the author’s signature & inscription on the Title Page, & no underlining, no highlight, no tears, no stains, no foxing, no foul odor. This copy is CLEARLY UNREAD. •• THE AUTHOR THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS’s INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE: Appear, in black ink, on the Title Page, as follows: “For Marc, Thank you for introducing me to Arkansas. What you’re doing with The OA [Oxford American] is essential! 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