Items related to Twelve Years a Slave (African American)
Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. "A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation." ― Saturday Review. 7 illustrations. Index.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement." --Ira Berlin, from the Introduction "When I read ["Twelve Years a Slave"] for the first time, it was like the first time I read Anne Frank's diary. And I wondered to myself, 'Why isn't this book on everyone's bookshelf.' . . . For me, it's a classic. It should be in every school." --Steve McQueen, director of the film adaptation of "Twelve Years a Slave, "in "Entertainment Weekly" "Frightening, gripping and inspiring . . . Northup's story seems almost biblical, structured as it is as a descent and resurrection narrative of a protagonist who, like Christ, was 33 at the time of his abduction. . . . Northup reminds us of the fragile nature of freedom in any human society and the harsh reality that whatever legal boundaries existed between so-called free states and slave states in 1841, no black man, woman or child was permanently safe." "--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "The Root"" "A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousands gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation. It is also a chilling insight into the 'peculiar institution.'" --"Saturday Review"
Synopsis:
Born a free man in New York in 1808, Solomon Northrup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After regaining his freedom in 1853, he published this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity. As an educated man, he was able to present a detailed and accurate pictur
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDover Publications Inc.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0486411435
- ISBN 13 9780486411439
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 3.22
Shipping:
£ 3.75
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African American)
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 230906006
Buy New
£ 3.22
Convert currency
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African America
Published by
Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Soft cover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. re-issue. Solomon Northup was born free in New York in 1808. In 1841 he was kidnapped in Washington, DC and sent as a slave to a Louisiana cotton plantation, where he spent 12 years in servitude. His book is probably the fullest, most realistic picture of the "peculiar institution" during the period leading to the Civil War. The source for the motion picture of the same name. Seller Inventory # 016462
Buy New
£ 8.01
Convert currency
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African American)
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.75. Seller Inventory # 0486411435-2-1
Buy New
£ 10.80
Convert currency
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African American)
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.75. Seller Inventory # 353-0486411435-new
Buy New
£ 10.80
Convert currency
Seller Image
Twelve Years a Slave
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # N:9780486411439:ONHAND
Buy New
£ 7.99
Convert currency
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave Format: Paperback
Published by
Dover Publishers
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780486411439
Buy New
£ 8.11
Convert currency
Stock Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African American)
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: 6
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780486411439
Buy New
£ 8.19
Convert currency
Seller Image
Twelve Years a Slave (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Dover Publications 4/6/2000
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Twelve Years a Slave 0.9. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780486411439
Buy New
£ 11.62
Convert currency
Seller Image
Twelve Years a Slave
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 439806-n
Buy New
£ 11.19
Convert currency
Seller Image
Twelve Years a Slave (African American) [Soft Cover ]
Published by
Dover Publications
(2000)
ISBN 10: 0486411435
ISBN 13: 9780486411439
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780486411439
Buy New
£ 13.78
Convert currency