A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.
Newbery Medal winner Russell Freedman recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of race relations and politics. Includes 70 archival photographs.
From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both selftaught, both great readers and…
A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.
William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and the emancipation process, through the intertwined lives of John Brown and Frederick Douglass. King's account draws upon telling anecdotes and pen portraits to document America's dramatic story from Harper'…
William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and the emancipation process, through the intertwined lives of John Brown and Frederick Douglass. "Drawing on decades of research, and demonstrating remarkable command of a great range of primary sources, Wil…
This biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. It covers the major developments of Douglass's life from his birth in 1818 through his time as a slave and his rise to prominence as a black voice for…
This biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. It covers the major developments of Douglass's life from his birth in 1818 through his time as a slave and his rise to prominence as a black voice for…
This biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century. It covers the major developments of Douglass's life from his birth in 1818 through his time as a slave and his rise to prominence as a black voice for…
'When we strove to blot out the stain of slavery and advance the rights of man, ' President Obama declared in Dublin in 2011, 'we found common cause with your struggle against oppression. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave and our great abolitionist, forged an unlikely friends…