{"product_id":"letters-from-attica-50th-anniversary-annotated-edition-paperback","title":"Letters from Attica: 50th Anniversary Annotated Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoshua Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow presented with a son's thirty years of research to provide new context.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In June 1970, Sam Melville pleaded guilty to a series of politically motivated bombings in New York City and was sentenced to thirteen to eighteen years in jail. His imprisonment took him to Attica, where he helped lead the massive rebellion of September 9, 1971--and where, four days later, he was shot to death by state police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During nearly two years in prison, Melville wrote letters to his friends, his attorneys, his former wife, and his young son. To read them is to eavesdrop on a man's soul. Determinedly honest and deeply moving, they reveal much about Sam and evoke the suffering of prisoners in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Collected after his death, the letters were originally published with material by Jane Alpert, who was living with Sam when both were arrested on bombing charges, and John Cohen, a close friend who visited Sam in jail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sam's letters begin with despair but end in hope and defiance. He became a leader of the prisoners' struggle for justice and humane treatment. At Attica he fought against and was a victim of the state's brutality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThose who knew Sam found him a man of extraordinary courage and determination, who rather than accede or submit to injustice and racism chose to fight against them. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Melville\u003c\/b\u003e was an activist involved with the New York-based Crazies and the national Weather Underground organization. He was convicted of being involved in several bombings in 1969, and in 1971 he was a leader of the uprising among inmates in Attica Prison, where he was killed by state police. \u003cb\u003eJoshua Melville\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Time Bomb: Attica, Sam Melville, and a Son's Search for Answers, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as five books on the music industry under the pseudonym Moses Avalon. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767295770912,"sku":"9781641606950","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6fa99800d9e5b6704f29fac630e933ee.webp?v=1780308498","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/letters-from-attica-50th-anniversary-annotated-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}