A Fighter All My Life: The Life and Words of Sam Johnson: From Alabama to Los Angeles to Detroit

Baltimore, MD- Abecedarian Books, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of A Fighter All My Life, a memoir, by Sam Johnson, a union organizer and professed militant. Compiled from tapes made over a ten-year period and lovingly transcribed, A Fighter All My Life tells the unvarnished tale of the personal evolution and rise from poverty to purpose of Sam Johnson. Told in his own words, it vibrates with an authenticity that grips the reader with spellbinding authority. As Judith Carpenter, who edited the transcripts, says in her introduction, This is truly Sam s book, an account of an extraordinary life, a militant life, during the years of a very extraordinary period in American history. It is a story that wends its way from the streets of Alabama to the fast life of Los Angeles to the Chrysler plant in Detroit. It is a story of transformation as the author evolves from a careless young man to a socially conscious and caring adult. It is a story that rings with truth as it jumps off the page in the vernacular that defies dispute. It is a story of racism, drugs, death, rebellion, and salvation. Its roots reach deep into the American soil, and it is a story that needs to be told and one that needs to be read. A Fighter All My Life by Sam Johnson ( 978-0-9822985-9-6, 0-9822985-9-5, LC 2014940487), paperback, 269 pages, $16.00) is available from BCH distributor, Ingram, Follett Library Resources, or direct from the publisher at (410) 692-6777 [9-5 EST].