Soul on ice

Cleaver, Eldridge 1935-1998 (Author).

Summary: By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are a testament to his unique place in American history.

Record details

ISBN: 038533379X
ISBN: 9780385333795
Physical Description: print
242 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 1999, ©1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Reprinted by arrangement with McGraw-Hill, Inc."--Title page verso.

"With a preface by Ishmael Reed [c1992]"--Cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface / Ishmael Reed -- Introduction / Maxwell Geismar -- Letters from prison. On becoming ; Soul on ice ; Four vignettes --On Watts --Eyes -- Soul food --A religious conversion, more or less ; "The Christ" and his teachings ; A day in Folsom Prison ; Initial reactions on the assassination of Malcolm X -- Blood of the beast. The white race and its heroes ; Lazarus, come forth ; Notes on a native son ; Rallying round the flag ; The black man's stake in Vietnam ; Domestic law and international order -- Prelude to love: three letters -- White woman, black man. The allegory of the black eunuchs ; The primeval mitosis ; Convalescence ; To all black women, from all black men.