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ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY: The True Story Of My Ten Years In Captivity-- And My Journey To Freedom In America
de Bok, Francis; Tivnan, Edward
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- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312306237
- ISBN 13
- 9780312306236
- Librería
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this groundbreaking modern slave narrative, Francis Bok shares his remarkable story with grace, honesty, and a wisdom gained from surviving ten years in captivity. May, 1986: Selling his mother's eggs and peanuts near his village in southern Sudan, seven year old Francis Bok's life was shattered when Arab raiders on horseback, armed with rifles and long knives, burst into the quiet marketplace, murdering men and women and gathering the young children into a group. Strapped to horses and donkeys, Francis and others were taken north, into lives of slavery under wealthy Muslim farmers. For ten years, Francis lived alone in a shed near the goats and cattle that were his responsibility. Fed with scraps from the table, slowly learning bits of an unfamiliar language and religion, the boy had almost no human contact other than his captor's family. After two failed attempts to escape-each bringing severe beatings and death threats-Francis finally escaped at age seventeen, a dramatic breakaway on foot that was his final chance. Yet his slavery did not end there, for even as he made his way toward the capital city of Khartoum, others sought to deprive him of his freedom. Determined to avoid that fate and discover what had happened to his family on that terrible day in 1986, the teenager persevered through prison and refugee camps for three more years, winning the attention of United Nations officials and being granted passage to America. Now a student and an anti-slavery activist, Francis Bok has made it his life mission to combat world slavery. His is the first voice to speak for an estimated twenty seven million people held against their will in nearly every nation, including our own. ESCAPE FROM SLAVER is at once a riveting adventure, a story of desperation and triumph, and a window revealing a world that few have survived to tell. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] NF15
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- Joe Staats, Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9982
- Título
- ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY: The True Story Of My Ten Years In Captivity-- And My Journey To Freedom In America
- Autor
- Bok, Francis; Tivnan, Edward
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312306237
- ISBN 13
- 9780312306236
- Editorial
- St. Martin's Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Palabras clave
- FUGITIVE SLAVES UNITED STATES SLAVERY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography;
- Product_type
- 2
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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