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Book Synopsis"Surpasses all previous slave narratives…Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." —Joseph J. Ellis,
CivilizationTrade Review"John P. Parker was an extraordinary man…He seems to have been that true American rarity, a person who spent much of his life facing racial battles yet saw the world through colorblind eyes…He lived a perpetual Perils of Paul and did so with unending zest…Now he can be given his due." -- Jonathan Yardley - Washington Post Book World
"Riveting…Astonishing and believable." -- Nell Irvin Painter
"A rip-roaring adventure yarn…History of the best kind." -- Kirkus Reviews
