{"product_id":"narrative-of-the-life-of-henry-box-brown-9780807858905","title":"Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown","description":"It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. In \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself\u003c\/i\u003e, Brown not only tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Most important, he paints a revealing portrait of the reality of slavery, of the wife and children sold away from him, the home to which he could not return, and his rejection of the slaveholders' religion--painful episodes that fueled his desire for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition comprises the most complete and faithful representation of Brown's life, fully annotated for the first time. John Ernest also provides an insightful introduction that places Brown's life in its historical setting and illuminates the challenges Brown faced in an often threatening world, both before and after his legendary escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ernest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.41w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807858905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErnest, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Ernest is Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of American Literature at West Virginia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eResistance and Reformation in Nineteenth-Century African-American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861\u003c\/i\u003e (from the University of North Carolina Press).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40163112484979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0b51aaec-fa7f-42aa-b66c-cc5f8bf7c4e3.jpg?v=1655041592","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/narrative-of-the-life-of-henry-box-brown-9780807858905","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}