True American addresses poverty and family as being significant factors in determining the development of a child. In the book, Anand Giridharadas considers an array of people and how their experiences shaped who they became and contributed or were detrimental to their ability to succeed.
Watch Rais Bhuiyan discuss Mark Stroman’s childhood in a video from the Texas After Violence Project, a human rights organization that researches, documents, and discusses the death penalty.