The groundbreaking graphic-novel memoir by a living legend of the civil
rights movement, March: Book One, is now available in an oversized
hardcover edition. Created by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew
Aydin and Nate Powell, this #1 New York Times bestseller is also
a Coretta Scott King Honor book, a required text in classrooms across
America, and the first graphic novel to win a Robert F. Kennedy Book
Award. Now this modern classic -- praised by everyone from President
Bill Clinton to LeVar Burton to Tim Cook -- gets the deluxe, oversized
hardcover treatment, so the stunning work of Lewis, Aydin, and Powell
can be appreciated on a grander scale.
March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle
for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance
traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis'
personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader
civil rights movement.
Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing
meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student
Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent
lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of
City Hall.
Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration
from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story.
Now, his own comics bring those days to life for a new audience,
testifying to a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations.
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award -- Special Recognition
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Washington Post Bestseller
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
One of YALSA's Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
One of YALSA's Top 10 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
One of YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound
One of Reader's Digest's Graphic Novels Every Grown-Up Should
Read
Endorsed by NYC Public Schools' NYC Reads 365 program
Selected for first-year reading programs by Michigan State University,
Marquette University, and Georgia State University
Nominated for three Will Eisner Awards
Nominated for the Glyph Award
Named one of the best books of 2013 by USA Today, The Washington
Post, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, School Library Journal,
Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book, Paste, Slate,
ComicsAlliance, Amazon, and Apple iBooks.
