Twelve Years a Slave (Oscar Winner, National Bestseller)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND NOW ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PICTURE. Twelve Years a Slave is a dramatic memoir by a former American slave, Solomon Northup. The book was published repeatedly during the pre-Civil War era. As a prototypical “slave narrative,” the book is a powerful political tract against slavery, but also melds the richness of a Victorian novel with deeply religious Protestant themes.

The storyline is stark, grim, and all too…