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Title: Amistad: A Novel by Alexs D. Pate ISBN: 0-451-19516-7 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Awesome
Comment: There have been lot of books written on the abolishment of Slavery in United States. But this book is unique in that it is not a mere putting down of facts which piled on for years. Through the characters the author has nicely portrayed the different attitudes and perception that people had about slavery and its abolishment. A Very nice book wherein you feel the characters and get involved in more than one way.
Rating: 5
Summary: Everyman's Book
Comment: It's shocking to discover how much of real American history gets glossed over in schools. What's the point of teaching history at all if it's edited? At that point it might as well be folk tales, interesting stories lacking any real facts. Alexs Pate's version of the events surrounding the slave ship La Amistad are easy to follow thanks to his simple, direct writing style and unique ability to describe much in a few words. While a "fictionalized" account of true events, the story is nonetheless riveting and heartwrenching, astounding and sickening to behold. I am saddened and even a little angry I have so little knowledge of how the vast majority of Africans found their way to America and the truth of how my ancestors may have considered and treated them. The author does a fine job of remaining mostly neutral on the topic himself, letting the story unfold and almost tell itself. While some Africans had it a little better than others, during pre-Civil War days and even in some cases still today, no black man was ever truly free. Amistad is a brilliant book about suffering and the strength it may bring, about how hope may prevail under the direst of circumstances, about how mistakes can save lives and doing "the right thing" might end them. A quick, powerful read anyone of any color or belief may enjoy. An excellent book for anyone readying to delve into the truth of the past instead of blandly accepting some outdated school textbook of it. Masterpiece.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amistad is Great
Comment: This was a great book. i had to read it for a book report. To tell you the truth I hate reading. This is the first time I read the whole book for a book report, it had me hooked. Now I get to see the movie. But, I understood the wording in the book, and It's just a good book the read. And I recommend it for all age groups.
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Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell, Russell Baker, C. M. Woodhouse ISBN: 0451526341 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones ISBN: 0195038290 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Amistad: "Give Us Free" by Steven Spielberg, Maya Angelou, Debbie Allen, Andrew Cooper ISBN: 1557043515 Publisher: Newmarket Press Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom by Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0141300043 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Roots (Dell Book) by Alex Haley ISBN: 0440174643 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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