{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-danny-wolfe-isbn-9780771030246","title":"The Ballad of Danny Wolfe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping, fast-paced account of the life of the indigenous man who founded and led the Indian Posse, one of the most dangerous gangs in North America, into violence, power, and infamy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 2008, Daniel Richard Wolfe was awaiting trial on two counts of first-degree murder at the Regina Correctional Centre. This wasn't his first time in jail; from his teenage years his life had been marked by stints in and out of prison – with Danny sometimes finding his own way out. This time around, he was orchestrating his boldest move yet: a carefully plotted escape that would send the RCMP on a nationwide manhunt, launching Danny Wolfe to headline-topping notoriety. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Ballad of Danny Wolfe \u003c\/i\u003ecinematically traces the storied years of Danny Wolfe's life, from his birth in Regina to his relationship with his mother, Susan Creeley, a First Nations woman who was forever marked by her experience in the residential school system; to his first brush with the law at the age of four and then his subsequent arrests; to the creation of the Indian Posse, the street gang he founded with a handful of equally disenfranchised indigenous friends; to the dissonance Danny felt between the traditional world he was born into and the criminal one that became his life; to the dramatic tensions over power and loyalty unfolding in the gang world and within the Posse itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unprecedented access to the Wolfe family and first-hand accounts from the people closest to the gang leader, Joe Friesen's portrait of Danny Wolfe is at once riveting and timely, nuanced and provocative.“The Ballad of Danny Wolfe is the first great book about our country’s indigenous street gangs in general, and the creation and rise of the Indian Posse in particular, that I’ve come across. Fascinating, balanced, and impeccably researched, this is a must-read for Canadians who better wish to understand the contemporary impact and fallout of our disastrous residential school history.” Joseph Boyden, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orenda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Ballad of Danny Wolfe  is what you get when you combine the talents of Joe Friesen – a meticulous reporter, and an effortlessly graceful writer – with the unstoppably gripping story of one of the most daring, compelling and deadly criminals in Canadian and First Nations history. I dare you to put it down.” Ian Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joe Friesen’s impeccably written, exhaustively researched account of life within the Indian Posse street gang is an enthralling page-turner. Fast-paced and fascinating, you won’t be able to put it down.” Robyn Doolittle, author of \u003ci\u003eCrazy Town\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An important, troubling topic deftly handled by an important journalist. The Ballad of Danny Wolfe is a triumph of journalism about a failure of society.” Peter Edwards, co-author of \u003ci\u003eBusiness or Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eOne Dead Indian\u003c\/i\u003eJOE FRIESEN is a reporter at the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He began his career in the Toronto newsroom covering crime and went on to write a series on the Jane-Finch area called The Neighbourhood. In 2006 he was named Prairie bureau chief based in Winnipeg, and since 2010 has reported on Canada's changing population as the paper's demographics reporter. In between, he also covered the war in Afghanistan, the aftermath of terrorist attacks in London, and natural disasters in the US. Born in Winnipeg, he is a graduate of McGill University, Goldsmiths College London, and Ryerson University. He lives with his family in Toronto.","brand":"Signal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302049534181,"sku":"NP9780771030246","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771030246.jpg?v=1767738256","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-danny-wolfe-isbn-9780771030246","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}