Solomon Northup
Number 7 on my book list to read in 2014. (may or may not be read as numbered)
There is not much to say here. If you have seen the movie, you know why the book is worth reading. If you have not seen the movie and if you care anything about your history as a citizen of this country, or if you care to watch or read a story of great pain, injustice, cruelty and courage; see the movie and I am sure read the book. It is the story of the worst and best in humanity.
The edition I bought also includes,
Life of Frederick Douglass, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Life of Josiah Henson, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery. I’ll let you know if I read them all.
1.
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1968
2. Ali’s Greatest Fight - Finished last week of February
Bingham, Howard L., Wallace, Max and Ali, Muhammad, 2012
3.
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, 2014
4.
My Ishmael: A Sequel
Daniel Quinn, 1998
5.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston, 1937
6.
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 1963
7.
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
8.
The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World
Paul K. Chappell, 2014
