Another Day in the Death of America

Gary Younge

• Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783351039
• Year: 2016

BY THE WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM 2023

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AND THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD

Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits an unremarkable day, ten children and teens were killed by gunfire. Far from being considered newsworthy, these everyday fatalities are simply a banal fact.

The youngest was nine; the oldest nineteen. None made the news. There was no outrage at their passing. It was simply a day like any other day. Gary Younge picked it at random, searched for the families of these children and here, tells their stories. Another Day in the Death of America explores the way these children lived and lost their short lives, offering a searing portrait of the vulnerability of youth in contemporary America.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Landing Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Introduction
• Map
• Author’s Note
• 1: Jaiden Dixon, Grove City, Ohio
• 2: Kenneth Mills-Tucker, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 3: Stanley Taylor, Charlotte, North Carolina
• 4: Pedro Cortez, San Jose, California
• 5: Tyler Dunn, Marlette, Michigan
• 6: Edwin Rajo, Houston, Texas
• 7: Samuel Brightmon, Dallas, Texas
• 8: Tyshon Anderson, Chicago, Illinois
• 9: Gary Anderson, Newark, New Jersey
• 10: Gustin Hinnant, Goldsboro, North Carolina
• Afterword
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Author
• Also by the Author
• Copyright