{"publishers": ["Bedford/St. Martin's"], "number_of_pages": 244, "isbn_10": ["0312442033", "1403971560"], "series": ["The Bedford series in history and culture"], "covers": [4804437], "lc_classifications": ["HT869.E6 A3 2007", "HB172.5", "HT869.E6 A3 2006"], "key": "/books/OL22769988M", "authors": [{"key": "/authors/OL60550A"}], "ocaid": "interestingnarra0000equi", "publish_places": ["Boston"], "contributions": ["Allison, Robert J."], "languages": [{"key": "/languages/eng"}], "pagination": "xi, 244 p. :", "source_records": ["ia:interestingnarra0000equi", "marc:marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part34.utf8:174336506:1677", "bwb:9780312442033", "bwb:9781403971562", "marc:marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-012.mrc:117858366:2318", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/ab.bib.09.20150123.full.mrc:922196773:1035", "marc:harvard_bibliographic_metadata/20220215_033.bib.mrc:22750066:3821"], "title": "The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano", "dewey_decimal_class": ["306.3/62092", "B"], "notes": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"The text of this ... edition follows the first American printing ... (New York, 1791). The only significant changes (other than minor spelling and punctuation corrections) are the insertion of paragraph breaks and notes to the text that explain some of the ideas and events of the late eighteenth century to which Equiano refers\"--Pref.\n\nIncludes bibliographical references (p. 234-236) and index."}, "identifiers": {"librarything": ["188158"], "goodreads": ["240009", "1909385"]}, "edition_name": "2nd ed.", "url": ["http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007275650-b.html", "http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007275650-d.html", "http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007275650-t.html"], "subjects": ["Equiano, Olaudah, -- b. 1745.", "Slaves -- Great Britain -- Biography.", "Slaves -- United States -- Biography."], "publish_date": "2007", "publish_country": "mau", "by_statement": "written by himself, with related documents ; edited with an introduction by Robert J. Allison.", "works": [{"key": "/works/OL743333W"}], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "lccn": ["2007275650"], "oclc_numbers": ["506757982", "70108925"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"More than just a fascinating story, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography - the first slave narrative to be widely read - reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. The second edition takes into consideration the latest scholarship on Atlantic history and the history of slavery. Professor Allison s introduction, which places Equiano s narrative in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, has been revised and updated to include a discussion of the geographic origins of African slaves and the debate over Equiano s birthplace. Expanded and improved pedagogical features include contemporary illustrations with extensive captions and a map showing the travels of Equiano in more detail. Helpful footnotes provide guidance throughout the eighteenth-century text, and a chronology and an up-to-date bibliography aid students in their study of this thought-provoking narrative.\"--Description from Amazon.com."}, "latest_revision": 14, "revision": 14, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-12-21T05:41:09.297846"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-03-17T11:11:58.026583"}}