BLOOD IN MY EYE
by Jackson, George L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394479815
- ISBN 13
- 9780394479811
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
Blood In My Eye was completed only days before it’s author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, George Jackson was convicted of stealing seventy dollars from a gas station and was sentenced from one year to life. He was to spent the rest of his life -- eleven years-- in the California prison system, seven in solitary confinement. In prison, he read widely and transformed himself into an activist and political theoretician who defined himself as a revolutionary.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1377801
- Title
- BLOOD IN MY EYE
- Author
- Jackson, George L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394479815
- ISBN 13
- 9780394479811
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
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