Item #007564 We All Got History; The Memory Books of Amos Webber. Nick Salvatore.

We All Got History; The Memory Books of Amos Webber

New York: Times Books/Random House, 1996. Hardcover. xx, 443, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; red paper over boards. Purple endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The fascinating historical and autobiographical record left by a free black man, Amos Webber, of life in Philadelphia and Worcester, Mass., from 1826 to 1904. "Webber was active in the Underground Railroad, fought in the Civil War, was a leader in the African-American fraternal movement, and was a political activist who never stopped fighting for justice and equality." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: year of publication written on front free endpaper and title page by former owner; otherwise, clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed and creased; 1-cm. closed tear at tail of spine; clean and brigh. Near Fine / very good +. Item #007564
ISBN: 0812926811

Price: $16.50