Tony Remo, growing up on the mean streets of Manhattan's East Village during the turbulent Viet Nam era, has been enrolled in college for the past three years primarily to escape the military draft. We meet him the crucial day of the December 1, 1969 draft lottery. His birth date, the 326th selection, has virtually guaranteed that he would not be drafted. Initially euphoric, his mood turns somber and introspective as he realizes that he would soon be making a crucial decision concerning his future, now that he believes he actually has one. Will he remain in school and attempt to make it in the "straight life" he is so comtemptuous of, or quit to further pursue his gang related activities. Tony is the president of the Blackhawks street gang.
The Blackhawks is the story of Tony Remo's struggle out of poverty and how he, and those around him, are changed in the process. As his story unfolds it takes the reader on a tour of the underbelly of New York, from the poverty of the East Village and degredation of the Bowery, to the wealth of Fifth Avenue and the power of Wall Street, played out against the background of the most interesting decade in our nation's history.
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