The Savage City

In The Savage City by T.J. English, the author has written an impressive narrative that exposes the gritty side of New York City. Starting with two seemingly unrelated events that occurred on August 28, 1963, Mr. English explores the issues of race, class, criminal justice, and corruption in one of......more

I picked this off the current non fiction shelf at my local library branch. The best words to describe this look at 1960s New York City would be dark, gritty, disturbing. Younger people only know NYC as a mythical Oz, a place where you can by pizza on every corner and you go to Times Square to ride t......more

Perhaps I should have been more diligent in my pre-purchase researching, but the book's explanatory packaging makes it sound like it will be an examination of 1963-73 NYC's terribly violent period of civic dysfunction, when it really isn't. There is no real explanation or arguments put forward about......more

4 stars "The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge" tells the true account of the race wars, police corruption, and the wrongfully accused during the 1960s and 1970s of New York City. The story fucoses on three main characters; George Whitmore, a young African American new to New Yo......more

This is a well-written, interesting, and easy-to-read book chronicling three men in 1960s New York, as the city is beset by violence, racism, and police corruption. The story of George Whitmore, wrongly convicted for three (!!) separate incidents, following a spoon-fed confession beaten out of him,......more