The Other Wes Moore av Wes Moore

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<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • From the governor-elect of Maryland, the “compassionate” (<i>People</i>), “startling” (Baltimore <i>Sun</i>), “moving” (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>) true story of two kids with the same name from the city: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. <br>  <br>Selected by Stephen Curry as his “Underrated” Book Club Pick with Literati</b><br><br><i>The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.</i><br><br>In December 2000, the Baltimore <i>Sun </i>ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for t