Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Minister of Information and formerCandidate for the Presidency of the United States on the Peace andFreedom Party ticket, here writes about the forces that shaped his lifeand that are currently molding our national destiny, This book, writtenwhile the author was in California's Folsom State Prison, has theterrifying lucidity of a calm before the storm. Soul on Ice will makeyou either cheer or wince, but it will compel your attention.