cover image Breaking the Chains

Breaking the Chains

William Loren Katz. Simon Pulse, $10 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81919-3

Illustrated with prints and photos, this history book ""masterfully steers the reader step by step through the astonishing forms of resistance, both active and passive, offered by blacks--free men as well as slaves,"" said PW. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)