Soul on Fire
Texas: Word Books, 1978.
First Edition, First Printing. 210 pp. 8vo. Black cloth boards with gilt-stamped spine; housed in original unclipped dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear; internally clean and bright with tight binding. Dust jacket shows light rubbing at the extremities.
Chronicles Cleaver’s years as a fugitive in Algeria and North Korea, culminating in his widely publicized conversion to Christianity. The narrative is presented in a stark, confessional style that bridges the gap between 1960s radicalism and the late-1970s evangelical movement.
A significant First Edition copy, highly desirable for collectors of Civil Rights history, Black Panther Party ephemera, and American religious studies. Case 5. Near Fine. Item #614
ISBN: 0849900468
Price: $75.00