Surpasses all previous slave narratives…Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir; we seem to have discovered the genuine article. ―Joseph J. Ellis; CivilizationIn the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad; His Promised Land is the unusual and stirring account of how the war against slavery was fought―and sometimes won. John P. Parker (1827―1900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil War. He recounts his years of slavery; his harrowing runaway attempt; and how he finally bought his freedom. Eventually moving to Ripley; Ohio; a stronghold of the abolitionist movement; Parker became an integral part of the Underground Railroad; helping fugitive slaves cross the Ohio River from Kentucky and go north to freedom. Parker risked his life―hiding in coffins; diving off a steamboat into the river with bounty hunters on his trail―and his own freedom to fight for the freedom of his people.
#719670 in Books Beck Joseph Madison 2016-06-21 2016-06-21Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.60 x .90 x 5.90l; .0 #File Name: 0393285820240 pagesMy Father and Atticus Finch A Lawyer s Fight for Justice in 1930s Alabama
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Literature!By W. Mack FaisonJoe Beck has written a masterpiece. Whether or not Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird was based upon or influenced by the trial depicted in Joe Beck's My Father and Atticus Finch; Mr. Father and Atticus Finch stands on its own as great literature. The book offers interesting insight into the mores of white southerners in Alabama during the 1930s; as illustrated in the interaction between the races and the upper and lower white classes. The book offers up and shoots down some of the historical rationales for white mistreatment of blacks during that period. But more than anything; the book is about a lawyer’s belief that everyone is entitled to fair treatment in the court system and his sacrifice to assure fair treatment to a black defendant with a questionable past but a courageous spirit.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great!By K. S SnyderI would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the mindset of southerners in the mid-twentieth century; those who would seek to reaffirm how far race relations have come in the years since the Civil War; and all lovers of that great novel; To Kill A Mockingbird. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and while I was hoping for a different outcome than what I knew would be the inevitable ending; I was still rooting for this brave lawyer and his defendant; and praying for a miracle. Great read!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A good read to follow Atticus Finch…...By J. CrossThis was quite interesting to read. Lots of parallels to Atticus Finch; so I could clearly see what the author surmised that might be true. The fact that he was in contact with Harper Lee made it even more interesting. Good read; good follow up to Harper Lee's book. Really liked it and would recommend it.
