My Bloody Life

My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King is an autobiography by Reymundo Sanchez (a pseudonym) about his life as a teenage street gang member in Chicago.^[1][2]

The author of the book, Reymundo Sanchez , wrote this book about his life. He was a lost boy - disowned by a physically abusive mother and step-father and sent to live with a step-brother who couldn't care less whether he came home or not. He soon learned that survival on the streets depends on whom he counted on among his friends and to which gang he belonged. Initiated into the Latin Kings by performing his first hit at the age of 14, Lil Loco, as he became known, quickly earned a reputation for crazy violence. For ten years a 30-block area of Chicago defined his reality. It was his kingdom when he rode the highs of gang life, and his hell when he lived the lows. It is a story of his odyssey through the ranks of the new mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs are the members of your own.

See also

Latin Kings

References

1. ^ "The Making of a gangbanger.". The Chicago Reporter. January 1, 2002. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24962427_ITM. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
2. ^ "MY BLOODY LIFE: The Making of a Latin King.". Publishers Weekly. July 17, 2000. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28099216_ITM. Retrieved 2008-11-29.