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Sacred Smokes

by Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (2018)

About this book

A visceral, punk-rock coming-of-age mosaic set in the rough Chicago street gang culture of the 1970s and 80s, told through the electrifying, swaggering voice of a young urban Indigenous teen.

Setting / LocationChicago, Illinois
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreTeddy

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