"Astonishing . . . a bitter, terrifying tale of our New York jungle."
-N.Y. HERALD TRIBUNE
CREST BOOKS s386
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING JULY 1960
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY 1959
THE JUNGLE
In this shockingly authentic novel, warren Miller has caught the strangeness and wildness of the hopped-up, frenzied world of teenage street gangs. He lets Duke, War Lord of the Crocodiles, tell in his own words how they talk, think, live: what makes them fight . . . what makes them kill.
"When I come walking down the street people say 'Here come Duke. He cool. He got heart.' When they see me strut they know a rumble is on. I swinging with the gang tonight."
"Compared with Duke's 'cool world,' Studs Lonigan's Chicago or Tom Joad's Oklahoma are playgrounds for clergymen's children . . ."
-SATURDAY REVIEW
