Hustler’S Paradox: From the Darkness to the Light

By James M. Harrison

When your heart is pounding milliseconds times a hundred-thousand-fold and your adrenaline is pumping to the overflow capacity, then and only then, are you engaging in the Philadelphia nightlife, where this could be the last day of your life or the first of many nights that you dance with the devil. Will you stand and deliver and make your presence known in this environment? Or will you duck, turn tail, and run? Or will you defy the odds that are stacked against you and rise above the mayhem and be a positive motivating force in the fabulous city of Philadelphia? This tale tells the journey of two black men born of humble Southern beginnings that came to the city of brotherly love and changed their fates.
This is a Philadelphia urban tale!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781546203308

James M. Harrison

Born February 7, 1958, in a small town called McCormick, South Carolina Oldest son of seven siblings, four boys and three girls Relocated to Philadelphia in June of 1976 Attended Broward Community College in Hollywood, Florida The streets of Philadelphia prove to be a valuable testing ground for his rites of passage in an often-cruel world. Where crime, mayhem, and murder was just a part of the norm. never the less, I found solace in putting things down on paper, no matter how bad. It gave me a chance to stay in touch with my sanity, while searching for a way out. In addition, there were the family ties, those ties that bind for life. Moreover, through all this chaos, when the way seems darkest, James found the light. Soon after the drug related murder of his youngest brother, James began to assess his own lifestyle and how it affects his family. And yes, he found that marvelous light. James writes under the pen name of Ghetto Prince, JMH and he is an accomplished urban poet.

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