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Memoir of escape from slavery by someone who hid inside a crate shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. "Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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On 29th March 1849, Henry Brown got into a box that was 3 feet long by 2 feet 8 inches deep by 2 feet wide and was posted to Philadelphia. After 27 hours he emerged, not as a slave, but as a free man. Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown is one of the most remarkable escapes from slavery ever recorded. Brown recounts, with detail, his life as a slave and the tragic circumstances which led him to make his daring escape. His short but powerf...

On 29th March 1849, Henry Brown got into a box that was 3 feet long by 2 feet 8 inches deep by 2 feet wide and was posted to Philadelphia. After 27 hours he emerged, not as a slave, but as a free man. Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown is one of the most remarkable escapes from slavery ever recorded. Brown recounts, with detail, his life as a slave and the tragic circumstances which led him to make his daring escape. His short but powerf...

When television sets first landed in American living rooms, regulators took steps to limit how much marketing was aimed at children. As a society, we understood television to be a powerful tool for driving human behavior. It was deemed too dangerous for developing brains. Enter the de-regulation era of the 1980s. An onslaught of marketing was aimed at children, resulting in an incredible boom in the toy and cartoon industries. What are we find...

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Born in to slavery in 1815 or 1816 on a plantation in Louisa County, Virginia, Henry Brown would work as a slave in Richmond until his daring escape in 1849. In August 1848 Henry Brown's wife and three children were sold to a new master and relocated to North Carolina. Deeply affected by this loss, Brown decided to take the risk of escaping from his bondage. In one of the more creative examples of the escaped slave narrative, Brown, with the h...

From New York Times bestselling author Box Brown, a fascinating biography of shock comedian and amateur wrestler Andy Kaufman.

Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant.

Title: Narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide.Author: Henry Box BrownPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original acco...

Child Star is a fictional documentary-style graphic novel about how growing up in the spotlight robs young actors of a true childhood.Child star Owen Eugene had it all: a hit sitcom on prime time, a Saturday morning cartoon, and a memoir on the bestseller list. The secret to his success was his talent for improvisation . . . and his small size. On screen he made the whole world laugh, but behind the scenes his life was falling apart. Hollywood...

A history of cannabis in America, in a graphic novel format. From the author of "Andre The Great" and "Tetris", it explores the culture and politics surrounding weed, from 1518 onwards.

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From the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, cannabis legislation in America and racism have been inextricably linked. In this searing nonfiction graphic novel, Box Brown sets his sights on this timely topic.Mexico, 1519 CE. During the Spanish conquests Cortés introduced hemp farming as part of his violent colonial campaign. In secret, locals began cultivating the plant for consumption. It eventually made its way to the United States throu...

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