Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz

Over 12 Million copies sold, and this book has remained a bestseller since its first publication over 40 years ago. In that time it has made a deep impact on the lives of millions, including myself.

I read this book after 'The Cross and the Switchblade', because I wanted to know what happened to Nicky Cruz. I wanted to know more about him, his life as a child, an adolescence, his life as a gang member, his conversion and life thereafter. Just loved reading his life story, couldn't put it down, and I highly recommend this book.

Run Baby Run is one of the most powerful true stories of our day. It tells the tale of one man, a legend among the anarchic street gangs of New York, broken and transformed by God.

At one level, the story of Nicky Cruz is a heady mix of tribal warfare, loyalty and betrayal, sex, drugs and murder. At another level, it digs deep beneath the pride and power that made him one of the most feared gang leaders in the city, and reveals the lonely, confused heart of a man inwardly running scared.

An encounter with the unlikely character of preacher David Wilkerson led Nicky to open his life to Christ - an incredible conversion that amazed all who knew him.