Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy
 Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story
 of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in
 New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a
loving family - a wife and two kids. Then one day he was
drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the deep south.
These are the true accounts of his twelve hard years as a slave
 - many believe this memoir is even more graphic and disturbing
 than the film. His extraordinary journey proves the resiliency
 of hope and the human spirit despite the most grueling and
formidable of circumstances.