{"product_id":"letters-from-attica-50th-anniversary-annotated-edition-9781641606950","title":"Letters from Attica: 50th Anniversary Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow presented with a son's thirty years of research to provide new context.\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641606950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Sam Melville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41481467822261,"sku":"9781641606950","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c269f81a-e86e-485d-ac43-c9b14b76a4f1.jpg?v=1640732576","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-from-attica-50th-anniversary-annotated-edition-9781641606950","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}