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Barcode30293102303612
LocationClark County
Call No974.71 Doug
TitleConcrete dreamland : coming of age in underground New York / Patrick Dougher.
AuthorDougher, Patrick, author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102303612974.71 Doug8/9/2025 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780316571029 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 0316571024 (hardback)
Personal Name Dougher, Patrick, author.
Title Statement Concrete dreamland : coming of age in underground New York / Patrick Dougher.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Physical Description ix, 340 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary, Etc. "From an award-winning artist who was featured in Humans of New York comes a bold personal narrative about overcoming family trauma, addiction, poverty -- and forging a creative life in the greatest city in the world. Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parents -- a father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to make ends meet -- he learned to fend for himself. Now a renowned visual artist, musician, actor and writer, Dougher brings to the page his memories, struggles, personal revelations, and a life intimately tied to the realities of growing up Black and disenfranchised on the streets of one of the most remarkable cities in the world. Concrete Dreamland is tragic and triumphant, gritty and hard, poetic and outrageously funny. Told in Dougher's brutally raw and courageously honest voice, these stories act as snapshots of a life lived in extremes: from gangsters to God, street style to sexuality, to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism. He tells of his adventures as a pre-hip hop "hard rock" and an original Black punk rocker surviving during the dangerous days of the crack and AIDS epidemic in NYC, while also sharing tales of racism, homelessness, and his many brushes with fame and death. Audacious, unique, and moving, Concrete Dreamland is an unforgettable story of addiction, redemption, and life on the streets of a vanishing New York." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Dougher, Patrick Childhood and youth.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Artists New York (State) New York Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term New York (N.Y.) Biography.
Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies.

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