On a Move: The Story of Mumia Abu Jamal

by Terry Bisson

Book Overview

Covering Mumia's childhood in the North Philly projects, a turbulent youth in Oakland and New York, a promising career in radio journalism and a fateful sidewalk latercation that changed everything,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874869013
• ISBN13: 9780874869019
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Plough Publishing House
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Gripping reading

This book is very interestingly written. It's not exactly "street prose" as one reviewer put it, but just shockingly to the point. The writer says in one sentence what most would take paragraphs to convey. It doesn't seem to matter to the writer whether he is writing in first/second person etc, he just conveys his message - beautifully.Whether you believe in Mumia's innocence or not, this book is a good start to look into the complicated issue. For those reviewers who don't even review the book and simply blast Mumia or his followers, you have missed the point. I personally believe in Mumia's innocence and the system's failure to give him a fair trial (I'm a law studend and have read his trial transcripts, the opinions, etc). But that isn't the point. This is a good book, thoroughly gripping - I read it in 5 hours or so.

AMAZING!

This book is written in a way that you can;t put it down. It takes only a few hours to read the whole book. A wonderful must-read about a great revolutionary

Great Book!

I was suddenly interested in Mumia so I decided to purchase this book as a beginning. I am very glad I did. It is an easy read but it gives you all you need to know about this political prisoner. Bisson told his(Mumia's) story in an almost poetic form and I loved it.

On A Move

Mumia gives us a look into who this man really is. We can apprecitate who he is and where he came from by reading this book. You get a idea of how much of a strong great man he really is. You get a clear picture of how wrong the system is and why he was accused of a crime he did not comit. I enjoyed this book very much and look forward to reading more of his work.

Quick and fun read

This is a very quick read, but good none the less. MAJ has the tendency to be treated either as a hero or a criminal and not a person. This reminded you that he is a human. Read it pass it on.