Frederick Douglass by William S Mcfeely Phd

Frederick Douglass by William S Mcfeely Phd

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“A masterpiece….[W]ill rightfully assume its place as the standard biography of a truly great figure in the nation’s past.” —New York Newsday

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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.
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 9780393313765
ISBN 10 039331376X
Title Frederick Douglass
Author William S Mcfeely Phd
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 1996-02-14
Number of pages 504
Prizes Joint winner of Lincoln Prize 1992, Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize 1992
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