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Title: Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson, Jean Genet, Jonathan Jackson ISBN: 1-55652-230-4 Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Co Pub. Date: September, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Essential Text
Comment: A must read for people of all ages, races, nationalities, genders, classes, et. al. A masterpiece of the form. Gloriously flawed, like all of us. So much more than the sum of its parts. George and Jonathan Live.
Rating: 3
Summary: Worthwhile but don't get carried away
Comment: This collection of letters by Jackson is well worth reading for several reasons. First, as several other reviewers point out, it provides a valuable (if by now slightly dated) insight into the American penal system. Second, it illustrates the tragedy of people with Jackson's potential being diverted (whether you believe by racism, socio-economic circumstances, poor judgment, or whatever) into the self-perpetuating criminal/penal complex. However, I think some of the raves are overrated. Jackson clearly was an intelligent man who could have accomplished much if his engergies were otherwise directed. But he lacks perspective; the tone is often stridently self-justifying, and he lacks any real moral insight into the magnitude of the violence and pain he inflicted on others.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book, but......
Comment: This is a great collection of the prison letters of the Black Panther prison leader George Jackson. Only problem is that we don't see the letters that George jakcson is responding to, so that we may get a better context of what's going on here. It would also be interesting to see what Bill Cosby had/has to say about Jackson's criticism of him (for Cosby's role as a CIA agent in the "I Spy" show of the 60s).
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Title: Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson ISBN: 0933121237 Publisher: Black Classic Press Pub. Date: July, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.) by Assata Shakur, Assata Shaker ISBN: 1556520743 Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Co Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver ISBN: 038533379X Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Yvonne Davis ISBN: 0717806677 Publisher: International Publishers Co Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal ISBN: 0380727668 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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