NY: Harper & Row, 1974. First edition. xi, 238pp. Red cloth; dust jacket. Scrape/indentation to to textblock at base of spine; red "Library of Congress Duplicate" stamp to title page; mild fading to perimeters of boards. Unclipped jacket with two 1" closed tears at top of front panel, small chip at base of spine, light edge wear. Very good.
First edition of this biography of Black activist George Jackson (1941-1971), who died during an escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison in 1971. Armstrong was the editor of Soledad Brother (1970), a collection of letters written by Jackson during his ten-year incarceration, and a surprise best-seller that made Jackson something of a celebrity in leftist and intellectual circles.
