Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 You Can Hear the Birds Singing; 2 Dancing; 3 Homing Pigeons; 4 A Gentle Young Man; 5 Chulito Flying; 6 Victoria's Baptism; Reflection 1: Small Creatures; 7 Blue Bayou; Reflection 2: Slipknots and Lariats; 8 A Dream-Come-True Apartment with a 1949 Stove; 9 Summertime; 10 Sometimes the War Close to Home Is the Most Difficult to See; 11 The Day of the Big Gun; 12 A Death Foretold; 13 Settling a Blood Feud; 14 King Kong on 4th Street; 15 I, Miguel Valiente; 16 Jail, Jail, All Your Life Jail; Epilogue: Walking My Baby
Appendix A: MethodologyAppendix B: Changes in the Patterns of Incarceration in NewYork State; Notes; References; About the Book and Author; Index