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Summary: I read it in 1995 and I'm still recommending it.
Review: I grew up in Portsmouth, a few blocks from Nathan, went to school with him, and knew nearly everyone he writes about in the book. And I still find it a riveting account of growing up Black in America. It's true, in a middle-class Black neighborhood in Virginia, and any other Black/African-American neighborhood in America. Unfortunately, this very vivid account will probably never be outdated in our lifetimes, but fortunately, we can continue to recommend and share "Makes Me Wana Holler" for years to come. This story needs to be continually told.
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Summary: Rascist views well written
Review: This black writer's life story is well written and hard to put down in content. It's heart-warming to see him overcome difficult problems, many of his own making. At the same time one wonders if the same story were written by a poor white person about blacks with the same intensive hate and consistent resentment how would it fare in the market place? Here is a person who committed a large number of crimes, large and small, including perfecting a shoplifting system that contributed to the bankruptcy of a store. Why would he then resent white clerks who watch him suspiciously when he shops? Because they're white, that's why. If Nathan McCall is a role model and his book is inspiring to African-Americans God help us in our efforts to achieve racial harmony in our country.
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Summary: real deal
Review: I find that I have had to purchase multiple copies of this book, because I need to share it with so many people. Everyday I work with young people who have grown up like Mr. McCall, and feel hopeless about their future. Makes Me Wanna Holler is proof positive that young people can make a change. His story is real and speaks to all people of the challenges that befall young men of color. This book should be required reading in schools of social work, police departments, and on high school reading lists. To me he is the modern day Piri Thomas.
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Summary: I wish every black man in America would read this book!
Review: This book should be read by every black man or boy in the U.S. I have a son that is going through the same life experience as Mr.McCall, but he thinks he is on top of the world. The book has help me understand my son. As a mother of a black son, it has helped me more than you know! I thank you Mr.McCall for writing " Makes Me Wanna Holler". May God bless you for having the courage to tell the story like it really is!
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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: I'm only about half way through, but was so moved by the end of the chapter called "Sex" that I had to stop and write.....Nathan McCall wrote one of the most beautiful and touching tributes to women that I have ever read. It brought tears to my eyes and made my heart ache.
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Summary: Powerful and Compelling!
Review: Natahan Mcall, in writing this great piece of American literature, has succeeded in becoming the only other African American male whom I truly admire besides Malcolm X. The wisdom that he posseses and imparts is absolutely astounding! I felt as if I were going through his life with him, like I experienced it also. His is a story that is straight forward with no pseudo-intellectual observations, or pseudo-psychiatric diagnosis concerning why he lived the way he did. Take the book at face value. Take it for the valuable tool that it is, learn and then grow. I know I did! His collection of essays in "What's Going On?" are also gems. I recommend this book as well.
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Summary: He is so right on time
Review: I'm in prison at the moment and this book has helped me deal with and understand some of the stuff that I'm going through. I was also given a little lift that life can still go on once I am released.
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Summary: This book is a literary masterpiece!
Review: Once I started reading Nathan McCall's story, I could not put it down. As a Black woman in his peer group, growing up in the same geographical area (North Carolina), I found myself within the walls of his words. For everyone he described, I knew someone just like them, including my own brothers. I was fascinated from the first sentence on.I applaud Mr. McCall for allowing me to get inside the mind of a Black man and helping me to understand why they acted and reacted the way they did (and still do). That revelation alone has helped me in my interpersonal relationships and to not be so judgemental or write them off as lazy or good-for-nothing. Many women I knew were destroyed by young men who were out to prove something. I have shared this book with many of my male and female friends. I suggest that whether you are Black or White, Hispanic or Asian, Jew or Gentile, please read this book to gain insight on how painful it is to grow up as a Black Male in America. Some things never change.
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Summary: An excellent portrayal of life as I know it...
Review: The author speakes to me in a way that many other authors miss. Makes Me Wanna Hollar, is grit and "real" causing the reading to think in ways other times often missed.
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Summary: If you live in the dark this will open your eyes.
Review: I think that this book is one of the best ones I have ever read. McCall really gives people the real stuff that goes on in the world. This man is an example that anybody can turn there live around.
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