Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass by William S Mcfeely Phd

Former slave, orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America, Frederick Douglass was a towering figure, at once consummately charismatic and flawed. His Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) galvanized the antislavery movement and is one of the truly seminal works of African-American literature. In this masterful and compelling biography, William S. McFeely captures the many sides of Douglass his boyhood on the Chesapeake; his self-education; his rebellion and rising expectations; his marriage, affairs, and intense friendships; his bitter defeat and transcendent courage and recreates the high drama of a turbulent era.

"A detailed, finely written portrait of the imposing 19th-century leader" -- David Levering Lewis - The New York Times Book Review
"Stunning... This illuminating portrait dispenses with the myths." -- Financial Times
"Absolutely nonpareil…" -- Nell Irvin Painter - The Boston Globe
"Compelling... Suggests that the Age of Douglass was this nation’s greatest epoch... What a time. What a book." -- Los Angeles Times

William S. McFeely is Abraham Baldwin Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen; Grant: A Biography, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Parkman Prize; Frederick Douglass, which received the Lincoln Prize; Sapelo’s People: A Long Walk into Freedom; and Proximity to Death.

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ISBN 13	9780393354423
ISBN 10	0393354423
Titel	Frederick Douglass
Autor	William S Mcfeely Phd
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-07-14
Seitenanzahl	560
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