{"product_id":"9781411432253","title":"Great Escapes: Four Slave Narratives (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Escapes: Four Slave Narratives \u003c\/i\u003eis part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003eCollected in this volume are four published slave narratives of daring escapes to freedom. William and Ellen Craft’s \u003ci\u003eRunning a Thousand Miles to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (1860), tells the story of the couple reaching freedom in 1848 by travelling openly by train—with Ellen Craft posing as a white male planter and William as her servant. This is followed by two versions of Henry “Box” Brown’s escape by mailing himself to Philadelphia in 1849—\u003ci\u003eNarrative of Henry “Box” Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, published that same year in America and \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Henry “Box” Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1851 in Britain. Finally, William Wells Brown’s \u003ci\u003eNarrative of William Wells Brown\u003c\/i\u003e (1847), tells of the young man’s surreptitious exit from a steamboat docked in Ohio, a free state, in 1834.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121666212080,"sku":"9781411432253","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411432253_p0.jpg?v=1763721608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411432253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}