"A Study Guide for Ed McBain's ""On the Sidewalk Bleeding"""

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"A Study Guide for Ed McBain's ""On the Sidewalk Bleeding"", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs."

• Language: English
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• Release date: Dec 13, 2018
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A Study Guide for Ed McBain’s On the Sidewalk Bleeding

Ed Mcbain

1957

Introduction

Ed McBain's short story On the Sidewalk, Bleeding was published in the men's adventure magazine Manhunt in 1957, but it contains ideas and themes that are as timely in the twenty-first century as they were back then. The story concerns a sixteen-year-old boy, a street-gang member who has been attacked by members of a rival gang. He at first thinks that the altercation was a minor rumble and does not appreciate the severity of his situation. He quickly realizes, though, that the