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Twelve Years a Slave
Contributor(s): Northup, Solomon (Author)
ISBN: 1610279050     ISBN-13: 9781610279055
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC
OUR PRICE:   $22.79  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Social Science | Slavery
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 1200
Series: Journeys and Memoirs
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.97 lbs) 230 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
- Topical - Black History
 
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Publisher Description:
Quality hardcover edition of this compelling and influential memoir, an inside account of life as a slave in rural Louisiana, written by a Northern free man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold into brutal slavery. Features additional interesting and rare images relating to Solomon Northup, such as the actual "manifest of slaves" from the ship that brought him in chains to New Orleans. Proper formatting, unlike any new hardcover edition available today, features legible font, complete text, and modern presentation. Note that other new hardbacks are about half the pages as they make font tiny and use non-standard paragraph structure; they are poor scans, while this edition is painstakingly proofread against the original and presented with pride. This edition is the only one that is practical and authentic for new readers, classrooms, library collections, and gifting. Also seen as a 2013 feature motion picture filmed in New Orleans, rural Louisiana and environs, this historic, gripping, and well-written account is presented by Quid Pro Books using all the original illustrations from the 1853 edition (plus the added images unlike any other version). A book of this importance and interest deserves a complete, library-ready, and professional presentation. Please compare the typeface and proofreading of other print editions before ordering.