Albert Race Sample (27 results)

Condition: very_good. Linley, Amber (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Linley, Amber (illustrator).

Condition: acceptable. Linley, Amber (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. Second printing. Hard cover published by Eakin Press in 1984. No dust jacket. Spine is cocked at bottom, and back cover has significant wear and tearing of cloth along bottom edge. Ends of spine and corners of covers have some wear. Book is in good condition. 8-9 inches, 320 pages, 1.2 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; Signed by Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Linley, Amber (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Eakin Press, Austin, TX, 1984. Hardcover, 320 pp. 1st edition (stated). The author recalls seventeeen years he spent behind bars in the Texas prison system. Book is very good with some bumps along top of boards, some light shelf wear at foot. One creased page corner. Dust jacket has creases, some rippling, tears and edge wear. Pale condensation stains visible on rear panel. Original price intact on flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, First Printing. EX-LIBRARY Copy with DISCARD stamps and a card pocket. Spine cocked, edge wear. The dust jacket is in protective Mylar and adhered to the endpapers. 320 pages with two black and white photos of the author, one as a young soldier and one from years later that matches the photo on the back of the jacket. SIGNED "Race Sample" on the front free endpaper. This is Sample's autobiography about growing up the son of a white redneck father and a black prostitute mother, alienation from society, the sub-human brutality of seventeen years in the Texas prison system, and his incredible turnaround to become the first ex-convict in Texas to work out of the Governor's office. He became a noted speaker and was appointed division head for a department in the City of Austin. He has received awards for his service in the corrections field and rehabilitation of ex-offenders, and in 1981 he was recognized as the Outstanding Crime Prevention Citizen in Texas. Racehoss was the prison name he finally came to accept. He even had his name changed to include the middle name Race. A sound, affordable reading copy signed by the author, but graded only Fair with the library markings. B37. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0345328078. Mass market paperback . First printing from January 1988 as stated on the copyright page. Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good Plus condition. This book is Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Second printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. CLEAN INTERIOR IN SOLID BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition (so stated). Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984. PLEASE NOTE: This is the 1984 FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. It is INSCRIBED / SIGNED and dated 5/7/84 by the AUTHOR, Race Sample, directly on front pastedown endpaper. It is also SIGNED there by Amber Sample. Very Good condition (with only minor shelfwear to the cover) in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($14.95). The jacket is protected by a removable clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original gilt-stamped dark red textured boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher of a later printing: "A timeless classic (San Antonio Express-News) about a black man who spent seventeen years on a brutal Texas prison plantation and underwent a remarkable transformation. [He was pardoned in 1976]. First published in 1984, Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy is Albert Race Sample's unforgettable (The Dallas Morning News) tale of resilience, revelation, and redemption. Born in 1930, the mixed-race son of a hard-drinking black prostitute and a white cotton broker, Sample was raised in the Jim Crow South by an abusive mother who refused to let her son -- who could pass for white -- call her Mama. He watched for the police while she worked, whether as a prostitute, bootlegger, or running the best dice game in town. He loved his mother deeply but could no longer take her abuse and ran away from home at the age of twelve. In his early twenties, Sample was arrested for burglary, robbery, and robbery by assault and was sentenced to nearly twenty years in the Texas prison system in the 1950s and 60s. His light complexion made him stand out in the all-black prison plantation known as the burnin' hell, where he and over four hundred prisoners picked cotton and worked the land while white shotgun-carrying guards followed on horseback. Sample earned the moniker Racehoss for his ability to hoe cotton faster than anyone else in his squad. A profound spiritual awakening in solitary confinement was a decisive moment for him, and he became determined to turn his life around. When he was finally released in 1972, he did just that. Though Sample was incarcerated in the twentieth century, his memoir reads like it came from the nineteenth. As remarkable as Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy.These stories are worthy of Twain, Faulkner, and Lardner (Chicago Tribune). An outcast's eloquent testament to life (Pulitzer PrizeÂÂwinning author, Studs Terkel).". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Race Sample. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii, 320pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. Hell for Albert Race Sample was the Retrieve, a branch of the Texas State prison system reserved for the most incorrigible prisoners. A cotton plantation where men slaved from dawn to dusk under the cruel leadership of "Boss Band," it cracked the spirits of the weak and hardened the souls of the strong.For "Racehoss," as Sample was called, the Retrieve was a place to witness unbearable brutality -- which he recounts in awesome detail in the pages of this stunning book. It is the classic story of the son of a troubled mother, of a young man gone bad, and of his first tentative then tremendous steps toward reclaiming his own destiny.His ability to understand the forces that drove him to prison, and his devotion to helping others also see the light of change, earned Sample his release in 1972 and a full pardon in 1976. His story is gripping, powerful, and utterly real -- true testament to the strength of the human spirit.…

Condition: good. Book is in good condition. Minimal signs of wear. It May have markings or highlights, but kept to only a few pages. May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.

Condition: good. Book is in good condition. Minimal signs of wear. It May have markings or highlights, but kept to only a few pages. May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. 2nd Printing. The story of Albert "Racehoss" Sample and his escape from life in the Texas prison system. Minimal edge wear to the DJ and very light soiling to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: new.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: gut. 1986. Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy In englischer Sprache. pages.

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Including a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the literary agency and addressed to Gordon Parks. The book is stamped on front free endpaper by the literary agency; 8vo; 320 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed near fine dust jacket. Autobiography of a Black ex-convict who went on to work in the fields of corrections and rehabilitation and worked for the State Bar of Texas. Inscribed by the author: "To Ann[?], Happy Birthday. Race Sample 6/19/84.". …