Books with author Brown William Wells

"The first really important work in black history … perhaps his best book." Goezmann, Beyond the Revolution (2009)"William Wells Brown truly dominated the market of Black historical works in the postbellum period." -Van Hove, Congoism (2017)"A writer whose literary career is a remarkable catalog of firsts." -Arkansas Review (2004)"Scholars have called William Wells Brown the first African American to achieve distinction in belles lettres, or literature." – Africana (2004)In 1863, former slave William Wells Brown, a prominent African-American abolitionist lecturer, pioneering novelist, playwright, and black historian published perhaps his greatest work, "The Black Man, His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements."In introducing his work, Brown describes his purpose in writing the book as "to meet and refute misrepresentations, and to supply a deficiency, long felt in the community, of a work containing sketches of individuals who, by their own genius, capacity, and intellectual development, have surmounted the many obstacles which slavery and prejudice have thrown in their way, and raised themselves to positions of honor and influence."Growing up a slave, Brown is famously credited as being the author of the first novel, play, and travel book published by an African American in the United States.In his book "The Black Man," Brown argued for blacks' rights to full citizenship, and to make his case he includes a series of life histories of notable blacks, showing their contributions to the nation or region. Brown also highlights slaves' willingness to use violence to gain their freedom, including portraits of a number of revolutionary blacks who revolted against their slave masters.Brown's book opens with his own amazing life story, then is followed by an overview of black heritage going back to Ethiopia, Egypt, Minerva, Jupiter, Tertullian, St. Augustine, Hanno, Hamilcar Barca, and Hannibal---demonstrating the historical nature of the cosmopolitan black community. The remainder of the book is devoted to 57 short biographies of famous black historical figures including Benjamin Baneker, Nat Turner, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Crispus Attucks, Alexander Dumas, Denmark Vesey, Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, James W.C. Pennington, Sir Edward Jordan, and John S. Rock.In describing his view on social justice, Brown writes that "every man must make equality for himself. No society, no government, can make this equality. I do not expect the slave of the south to jump into equality; all I claim for him is, that he may be allowed to jump into liberty, and let him make equality for himself."In describing his views on the high importance of self-improvement, Brown writes that "I have some white neighbors around me in Cambridge; they are not very intellectual; they don't associate with my family; but whenever they shall improve themselves, and bring themselves up by their own intellectual and moral worth, I shall not object to their coming into my society--all things being equal."Other works by the author include: •Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave•Three Years in Europe: Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met•CLOTEL; or the President's Daughter •The American Fugitive in Europe•The Rising Son, or The Antecedents and Advancements of the Colored Race•My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People•The Negro in the American RebellionBiographies included in Brown's "The Black Man" include: •BENJAMIN BANNEKER•NAT TURNER•MADISON WASHINGTON•HENRY BIBB•PLACIDO•TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE•CRISPUS ATTUCKS•DESSALINES•IRA ALDRIDGE•JOSEPH CINQUE•ALEXANDRE DUMAS•HENRI CHRISTOPHE•PHILLIS WHEATLEY•JAMES WHITFIELD•FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS•EX-PRESIDENT ROBERTS•ALEXANDER CRUMMELL•ALEXANDRE PETION•MARTIN DELANY•ROBERT SMALL.•FREDERICK DOUGLASS•CHARLES REASON•CHARLOTTE FORTEN

William Wells Brown, who is credited with being the first African American novelist, crafts a groundbreaking piece of American fiction in his 1853 work “Clotel; Or, The President’s Daughter”. The long untouched subject matter of mixed race identity during the antebellum South is here treated with great deft and bravery. William Wells Brown confronts the hypocrisy of slavery, examining the detrimental effects it has on society. Even more direct is Brown’s confrontation of Thomas Jefferson’s controversial intimacy with his slaves, a relationship which bore many mixed race children. In “Clotel”, we follow the story of Clotel, a mixed-race daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Through this central character we witness the struggles of a person of mixed race in dealing with their split identity in a racially divided society. In her quest for freedom we find an ill-fated soul caught up in the difficulty of race relations in early American life. This tragic story brilliantly explores the complex history of slavery in the first part of the 19th century. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Want to know what the Vietnam War was really like? These are true stories from real people caught up in an all too real war. They tell who we were, our jobs and memories of the place, and what we did after we came home. From a Marine ambulance driver at Khe Sanh, Special Ops troops fighting a guerrilla war against the VC and NVA, Recon pilots, artillerymen on Christmas Eve, a Navy seaman below decks fighting a catastrophic fire on the USS Oriskany, a New Zealand artillery unit firing round after round to stop an NVA assault, Marine Corpsmen saving the wounded under fire, patrolling the jungle with New Zealand infantry, walking into Khe Sanh with the 1st Cav as they broke the siege, riding in an APC with the armored cav across the hills in I Corps, being shot down in Cambodia with a Huey pilot, plus cooks, clerks, truck drivers, and gunship pilots, combat medics, and Marine grunts and many more -- from the Delta to the DMZ and Thailand to the South China Sea, this book puts you in their boots. While most Vietnam War books only cover one guy, one unit, one place, and one year, Volume 1, Volume 2, and now Volume 3 span all the war years from 1962 to 1975. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some were legit war heroes, but most were just trying to survive. As everyone “in-country” knew, Vietnam mostly came down to luck, good or bad. If you were there, you understand. If you weren’t, grab a copy and start reading anywhere in the book. The stories are like Doritos. Try a few. I guarantee and you won’t be able to stop.

Want to know what Vietnamwas really like? Great Stuff! EveryAmerican should read them to learn what our young men went through. These are not just more war books. Real stories, real people, caught up in anall-too-real war. January 30 marked the anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the seminal event of awar that dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many differentways. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes,intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. As we all knew,Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. But there wasn't just one war. There were hundreds of different wars dependingon where you were, the year you were there, your service, branch, unit, rank,job, and race. Whether we were truck drivers, helicopter pilots, infantryman,clerk typists, medics, engineers, MPs, sailors out on Yankee station,artillerymen, or cooks, from1956 to 1976 from the Delta to the DMZ, thesestories tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place,how it changed us, and what we did after we came home. That was the diversity of experience you'll find in this book. If you were there,you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy. The stories are like Doritos. Trya few and you won't be able to stop. Unfortunately, what little our kids and grandkids know of the war comes frombooks that only focus on one soldier, one unit, and one year, or movies likeOliver Stone's Platoon and Hamburger Hill, leaving people tothink that all we did was crawl through the jungle on the Cambodian bordersmoking dope. But that wasn't how most of us spent our year. Hopefully, thesebooks will help correct that narrative. Over 58,200 of us paid the ultimate price, but the war didn't end when the lastUS helicopter lifted off from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. Itcontinues to take its ugly toll on many who did come home. Instead of bands andparades, we got PTSD and Agent Orange, diabetes, ischemic heart disease,neuropathy, leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, and prostate cancer, and many more. Asthey say, "Vietnam: the gift that keeps on giving." William F Brown is the author of nine action adventure and suspense novels onKindle, including the highly successful Bob Burke series, and his free-standingmystery and suspense novels: 'The Undertaker,' 'Amongst My Enemies,''Thursday at Noon,' 'Aim True, My Brothers,' 'Winner Lose All,' and'The Cold War Trilogy,' box set. Enjoy!

Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Volume 2 is now out with 60 more stories, the same number of pages, but the stories are longer and more intense, and Volume 3 will be out this Fall. Every American should read them to learn what our Veterans went through over there. This is not just another war book. It is a book about people, and it contains the personal stories of 100 Veterans, men and women, who served there. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, from the late 1950s to 1975 we served from the Delta to the DMZ, and from Thailand to Yankee Station in the South China Sea. Infantry grunts, truck drivers, medics, helicopter pilots, nurses, clerk typists, jet pilots, mechanics, staff officers, repairmen, artillerymen, B-52 bombardiers, MPs, and doctors, we were black, white, and Hispanic, male and female. We were only in our teens and early twenties, but our stories continue to resonate through the years. January 30 marks the anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the seminal event of a war that dominated my generation and changed lives. Some of the men and women in this book are true war heroes. Most were just trying to survive. If you were there, you understand. If you weren’t, my hope is that through these stories you will. Breaking down the stereotypes, they tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place and how it changed us, and what we did after we came home. Over 58,200 of us paid the ultimate price, but the war didn’t end when the last US helicopter lifted off from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. It continues to take its ugly toll on many who did come home. Instead of bands and parades, we got PTSD and Agent Orange, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, neuropathy, leukemia, Hodgkin’s Disease, and prostate cancer, and many more. As they say, “Vietnam: the gift that keeps on giving.”

Want to know what Vietnam was really like?Every American should read them to learn what our young men and women went through over there.From a Marine sniper in Hue, to a medevac dust-off pilot going into a hot LZ, Navy Corpsmen, A-6 pilots taking out bridges and SAM sites in North Vietnam, a nurse on the USS Repose, combat medics deep in the jungle, machine gunners in I-Corps, mechanics working on the rolling deck of a big carrier on Yankee Station, squad leaders on infantry sweeps in "the Arizona Territory," truck convoys under fire, riverine patrol boats in the Delta, Coast Guard "Jolly Green" search and rescue helicopters pulling downed pilots from the jungle, tank platoons in an all-out armor assault, Loach pilots in hunter-killer teams, and many more -- from the Delta to the DMZ, this book puts you in their boots.Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some were true war heroes, but most were just trying to survive. As everyone "in-country" knew, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and start reading, anywhere in the book. The stories are like Doritos. Try a few and you won't be able to stop.The Vietnam War was the seminal event of my generation and affected so many lives. Over 58,200 of us paid the ultimate price, but the war didn't end when the last US helicopter lifted off from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon. It continues to take its ugly toll on many who did come home. Instead of bands and parades, we got PTSD and Agent Orange, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, neuropathy, leukemia, Hodgkin's Disease, and prostate cancer, and many more. As they say, "Vietnam is the gift that keeps on giving."Unfortunately, what little our kids and grandkids know of the war comes from books that only focus on one soldier, one unit, and one year, or movies like Oliver Stone's Platoon and Hamburger Hill, leaving people to think that all we did was crawl through the jungle on the Cambodian border smoking dope. But that wasn't how most of us spent our year. In February, I published Volume 1. Due to the amazing response it received from vets and their families, I'm publishing Volume 2, with even more interesting, exciting, and informative stories. Hopefully, they will help correct that narrative.William F Brown is the author of nine action adventure and suspense novels on Kindle, including the highly successful Bob Burke series, and Our Vietnam Wars, Volumes 1 and 2, personal stories of the veterans who served there. His ministry and suspense novels include 'The Undertaker,' 'Amongst My Enemies,' 'Thursday at Noon,' 'Aim True, My Brothers,' 'Winner Lose All,' and 'The Cold War Trilogy,' as well as Burke's War, Burke's Gamble, and Burke's Revenge. You can them out on my web site and Enjoy!

Bob Burke is back! It's the American Sniper meets The Godfather,Round #2, or Bob Lee Swagger takes on the New York City mob. Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunicationscompany executive is easily dismissed as the "phone guy." After fourtours running 'special operations' missions in Iraq and the rugged mountains ofAfghanistan as an Army Ranger and Delta Force commander, he's one of the mostlethal killers the US government ever produced.When one of his old NCOs takes a header from the fifth floorof an Atlantic City casino run by the infamous Genovese and Lucchese NY mobfamilies, someone's going to answer for it and payback's gonna be a bitch!This time, it won't be a 'Gumbah' hunt with sniper rifles ina Chicago Forest preserve park. Bob and his Merry Men are going to take theMob's money, all of it, from a Mafia Don holed up in the casino's penthouse,backed by a dozen mob gunmen and an elite team of foreign mercenaries.While there's always a place for a Barrett .50-caliber sniperrifle or two, this time Bob calls on a pair of baby-faced computer Geeks, atwo-star Army General, a Chicago homicide detective, a female Air Force pilot,a Russian computer programmer, one of the world's most renowned pickpockets,and his new wife, Linda. From stealth helicopters to luxury yachts, fishingtrawlers, and bodies in 55-gallon oil drums, the action is non-stop.Whether you're looking for a good beach read or a thriller tocurl up with in front of the fireplace, put this fast-moving action adventurenovel into your Cart, from the author of Burke's War, Burke'sRevenge, The Undertaker, Amongst My Enemies, Thursday at Noon, Aim True, MyBrothers, Winner Lose All, and the Cold War Trilogy three bookboxed set. Pick one up and enjoy!

Think "The American Sniper" meets "The Godfather." As Bob Burke’s 737 lands at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, he sees a man strangling a woman on a rooftop below. Whether or not anyone believes him, Bob Burke isn’t the kind of guy to let a thing like that rest. He knows what he saw, and it isn't going to end well for the men responsible.Mild-mannered and slight of build, this telecommunications company executive is easily dismissed as the "phone guy." But after four tours running ‘special operations’ missions in Iraq and the rugged mountains of Afghanistan as an Army Ranger and Delta Force commander, he's one of the most lethal killers the US government ever produced.Over the next three days, Bob Burke finds himself butting heads with the Chicago mob, crooked suburban cops, an overzealous US Attorney, a psychopathic doctor, and his own vindictive soon-to-be-ex-wife, who is trying to take his company away from him. But as his big, muscular, Delta Force sergeants will readily admit, whether he’s carrying a .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifle, a tactical knife, or just his bare hands, he’s the one you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.His new combat zone might be a glittering high-rise office building, a suburban tract house, or a wooded Chicago Forest Preserve District park, but when the bodies start falling and a young woman needs help, The Ghost doesn’t hesitate.After all, they started it, and he intends to finish it. And if he does need a little backup, he knows just the guys to call down at Fort Bragg. After all, it wouldn't be fair to leave them out of the fun, would it?Looking for a good beach book or something to curl up with in front of the fire, this fast-moving conspiracy thriller is from the author of Burke’s Gamble, Burke’s War, The Undertaker, Amongst My Enemies, Thursday at Noon, and Aim True, My Brothers, with over 500 Kindle 5-Star Reviews. Enjoy!

Radical Islamic terrorism explodes on American shores. A shadowy Hamas legend is on a blood hunt, and his target is no less than the President of the United States.With years of combat experience in the rocky deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, Mohammed Al-Bari has battled the best Special Ops troops America has to offer. But when his two brothers die in a bloody assault on a civilian bus in Israel, he takes his private war to the heart of America itself.Smart, skilled, and determined, he is a rogue lone-wolf ─ the FBI and Secret Service's worst nightmare. When he strikes, he will unleash a firestorm that will decapitate the US government and kill dozens of international leaders on national television.The only thing that stands in his way is an ad hoc group of counter-terror specialists: Eddie Barnett, a maverick FBI agent who has never met a rule he can't break; Moustapha Khalidi, the dapper Chief of Security at the Egyptian Embassy; and Rachel Ullman, a hard-edged, Israeli Mossad agent who is fighting demons of her own.From the White House to Newark New Jersey, from Beirut to Tel-Aviv, and to the grassy fields of an old Colonial Battlefield in Virginia, can their dysfunctional alliance hold together long enough to stop Al-Bari before they kill each other.Knowing the 'who' Al-Bari is after is not enough. To stop him, they need to figure out the where, and most importantly, the how he will strike. The pace is fast, the action nonstop, and the clock is ticking.Looking for a good beach book or something to curl up with in front of the fire? This fast-moving conspiracy thriller is from the author of Burke's Gamble, Burke's War, The Undertaker, Amongst My Enemies, Thursday at Noon, and Aim True, My Brothers, with over 500 Kindle 5-Star Reviews. Enjoy!