The Lesser-Known Life-Changing Books to Read
# Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
This book has been turned into an acclaimed Academy Award Winning movie, ’12 years a slave’, and deals with the terror of slavery and the way people weretreated. 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 his 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. The accounts narrated in the book are more detailed, graphic, true and disturbing than the film.
# Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by George Devol
This is a story of George Devol as a gambler and the life he lived. He was the greatest riverboat gambler of Mississippi in its history. He ran away from home and worked as a cabin boy at age ten.
At fourteen he could stack a deck of cards and became an expert in the game. Over the years, he made money from soldiers, paymasters, cotton buyers, thieves, and businessmen alike through gambling. This book narrates the story of his struggle and survival in the world of gambling and he kept his foot firm and succeeded in what he did.
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