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Up in Here
Mark Dostert
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Description for Up in Here
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Raised in a comfortable Dallas suburb, Mark Dostert crossed cultural and socioeconomic boundaries as a college student by volunteering as a counsellor at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago’s infamous 500-cell juvenile jail, known locally as the Audy Home. Inmates there had been indicted on first-degree murder, rape, and carjacking charges, yet some enthusiastically met with him for weekly Bible-based lessons and discussions. Dostert formed friendly relationships with his students and envisioned becoming an even closer mentor to the legally troubled boys when he became an employee there after graduating from college.
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Raised in a comfortable Dallas suburb, Mark Dostert crossed cultural and socioeconomic boundaries as a college student by volunteering as a counsellor at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago’s infamous 500-cell juvenile jail, known locally as the Audy Home. Inmates there had been indicted on first-degree murder, rape, and carjacking charges, yet some enthusiastically met with him for weekly Bible-based lessons and discussions. Dostert formed friendly relationships with his students and envisioned becoming an even closer mentor to the legally troubled boys when he became an employee there after graduating from college.
The juveniles’ attitudes toward Dostert ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781609382704
SKU
V9781609382704
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About Mark Dostert
Mark Dostert holds degrees from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and University of North Texas, USA. His writing has appeared in Ascent, Cimarron Review, Houston Chronicle, Southern Indiana Review, and The Summerset Review, and been cited as notable in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011, The Best American Essays 2011, and The Best American Essays 2013. Presently, he teaches English ... Read more
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