| Twelve Years a Slave Contributor(s): Northup, Solomon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1434103714 ISBN-13: 9781434103710 Publisher: Waking Lion Press OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The shocking, true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man, who lived with his wife and children in Saratoga, New York, in 1841. An accomplished violinist, he is lured into a touring job by two men but awakens to find himself chained to the floor after being drugged. He is transported to a cotton plantation in the American South, where he is eventually sold to abusive slave driver Edwin Epps. Northup spends twelve harrowing years as a slave before his release. His story, described by the Detroit Tribune as "the most remarkable book ever issued from the American press," is a testimony to the strength of one man's spirit and his remarkable will to survive. Now a major motion picture. |