The Hierophant Of 100th Street

Description:

An Award-Winning story of a young man born in the worst slums of New York who ventures out to discover the meaning of life, and finds romance, mysticism, and purpose behind its mystery. Based on a true story wherein the protaganist meets a mysterious man, Clifford Bias, who reveals both his purpose and that of mankind to him.

subjects: City and town life,  Fiction,  Gangs,  Self-realization,  Social life and customs,  Fiction, coming of age,  Criminals, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction

People: Clifford Bias,  Crowfoot,  Eleanor Roosevelt,  Norman Eddy,  Richard Ireland

Places: East Harlem (New York, N.Y.),  N.Y. East Harlem (New York,  New York,  New York (State)

Times: 1964 to present,  20th century