Twelve Years a Slave
$42.05
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2013
Summary
The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.
Solomon Northup was an entrepreneur and dedicated family man, father to three young children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo. What little free time he had after long days of manual and farm labor he spent reading books and playing the violin. Though his fath…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476767345 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476767343 |
| Author: | Solomon Northup, Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | 37 Ink |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 37th |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup (1808–c.1864-75) was a free-born African American from Saratoga Springs, New York, who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841. After his escape, he became an abolitionist and published his memoir, Twelve Years a Slave (1853). He gave many lectures in support of the abolitionist causes and aided in the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, PhD, is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Wench. In 2011, she was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She was also awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Dr. Perkins-Valdez teaches in the Stonecoast (Maine) MFA program and lives in Washington, DC, with her family.
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