On a Move: The Story of Mumia Abu-Jamal

by Terry Bisson

Looks at the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was implicated in the slaying of a police officer in Philadelphia in 1981.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

215 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Terry Ballantine Bisson was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as They're Made Out of Meat (1991), which has been adapted for video often.

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Lance Aleong]

A must read if you believe or think for one-minute police do not have vengeance for black imprisonment of the innocent.

[Menneh]

I read this long ago when I first found out about Mumia Abu-Jamal.
I really enjoyed reading it.
Perhaps my favorite part is when a girlfriend of his tells him pepperoni is soy or something, quite funny. I wish I had this book to read it again.

[Veronica]

A really quick read, and a really good overview.

[Spencer Peacock]

ho hum. This looks very hastily thrown together. Save time and watch his interviews on youtube they give you a much better sense of who he is.

[anabandana]

Grounding.

[Claire]

I’m doing essential reading: revising what I thought i knew and learning about people I didn’t know about.

This book is vivid, short, readable, tender, and harrowing.

[Jette]

quite poorly written but an incredibly important story nonetheless