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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The basis of the 2013 Academy Awardwinning film 12 Years a Slave, this is the autobiography of Solomon Northupan African American man born free in New York state who is tricked, kidnapped, taken to Washington, DC, and sold into slavery.Solomon experiences the true horrors of the slave tradeintense cruelty, beatings, sickness, negligence, barbarism, starvation. Throughout the books melancholic prose, Northup recounts these horrific experiences in excruciating and agonizing detail. In one of the books passages, he states: My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell! For the next twelve years, Northup kept his identity hidden only to himself and remained imprisoned in this state of bondage.Originally published eight years before the Civil War and similar in many ways to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, this groundbreaking work gave Americans from the north razor-sharp, firsthand insight into the tragedies that were occurring in the South. Still today, Northups story is widely studied and reprinted, giving its readers a glimpse into a painful part of our countrys past.Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through the words of the exceptional few. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781945186066
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Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # V9781945186066
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # V9781945186066
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The basis of the 2013 Academy Awardwinning film 12 Years a Slave, this is the autobiography of Solomon Northupan African American man born free in New York state who is tricked, kidnapped, taken to Washington, DC, and sold into slavery.Solomon experiences the true horrors of the slave tradeintense cruelty, beatings, sickness, negligence, barbarism, starvation. Throughout the books melancholic prose, Northup recounts these horrific experiences in excruciating and agonizing detail. In one of the books passages, he states: My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell! For the next twelve years, Northup kept his identity hidden only to himself and remained imprisoned in this state of bondage.Originally published eight years before the Civil War and similar in many ways to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, this groundbreaking work gave Americans from the north razor-sharp, firsthand insight into the tragedies that were occurring in the South. Still today, Northups story is widely studied and reprinted, giving its readers a glimpse into a painful part of our countrys past.Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through the words of the exceptional few. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781945186066
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The basis of the 2013 Academy Awardwinning film 12 Years a Slave, this is the autobiography of Solomon Northupan African American man born free in New York state who is tricked, kidnapped, taken to Washington, DC, and sold into slavery.Solomon experiences the true horrors of the slave tradeintense cruelty, beatings, sickness, negligence, barbarism, starvation. Throughout the books melancholic prose, Northup recounts these horrific experiences in excruciating and agonizing detail. In one of the books passages, he states: My sufferings I can compare to nothing else than the burning agonies of hell! For the next twelve years, Northup kept his identity hidden only to himself and remained imprisoned in this state of bondage.Originally published eight years before the Civil War and similar in many ways to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, this groundbreaking work gave Americans from the north razor-sharp, firsthand insight into the tragedies that were occurring in the South. Still today, Northups story is widely studied and reprinted, giving its readers a glimpse into a painful part of our countrys past.Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through the words of the exceptional few. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781945186066