{"product_id":"the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african-9780375761157","title":"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African","description":"Edited and with Notes by Shelly Eversley\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Robert Reid-Pharr\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative \"is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling combination of skill, cunning, and plain good luck that allowed him to win his freedom, write his story, and gain international prominence,\" writes Robert Reid-Pharr in his Introduction. \"He alerts us to the very concerns that trouble modern intellectuals, black, white, and otherwise, on both sides of the Atlantic.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive ninth edition of 1794, reflecting the author's final changes to his masterwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16156501\"\u003eOlaudah Equiano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.16w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375761157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375761152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Bl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003cb\u003eROBERT REID-PHARR\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the country's leading scholars of early African-American literature, is a professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the Editor: \u003cb\u003eSHELLY EVERSLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of American literature at Baruch College, specializing in African-American literature and culture. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eIntegration and Its Discontents\u003c\/b\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRace and Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827659702411,"sku":"9780375761157","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_3d0069ea-8e50-43f0-8d56-2be00cd369db.jpg?v=1755540618","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african-9780375761157","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}