David Fiske

On March 29, 2014, author David Fiske will talk about Solomon Northup at the Langley-Adams Library in Groveland, Massachusetts.

Forgotten on the Kennebec: Abandoned Places and Quirky People, by David Fiske, provides the stories of sites that were once scenes of human activity, but are now abandoned.

David Fiske, co-author of a complete biography of Solomon Northup, will speak at Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, New York, on March 25. Northup’s story of wrongful enslavement was the basis of the Oscar-winning film “12 Years a Slave.”

Northup biographer David Fiske will join host Jane E. Wilcox to talk about the book he co-authored, Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave.

Under slavery in America, it was not only the slaves who suffered. Free blacks were at risk of being kidnapped and sold as slaves, as in the case of Solomon Northup.

Now available for Kindle: a companion to Solomon Northup's narrative, Twelve Years A Slave. This work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.

A new e-book, Slavery on Stage: Black Stereotypes and Opportunities in Nate Salsbury’s “Black Anerica” Show, describes Nate Salsbury's production called "Black America."

David Fiske will be reading from a book he co-authored, titled Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave, at the Spring Street Gallery in Saratoga Springs, New York, on October 28, 7:30 pm.

In anticipation of the screening of the film Twelve Year's a Slave at this year's Telluride By the Sea Film Festival, David Fiske will talk about Solomon Northup, the man behind the memoir of the same name.

A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.