Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies (LOA #68)
Narrative of the Life / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times
- Hardcover
1126 pages
- Release Date
1 February 1994
Summary
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents the only authoritative edition of all three autobiographies by the escaped slave who becamea great American leader.Here in this Library of America volume are collected Frederick Douglass’s three autobiographical narratives, now recognized as classics of both American history and American literature. Writing with the eloquence and fierce intelligence that made him a brilliantly effective spokesman for the abolition of slavery and equal rights, Douglass shapes an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780940450790 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0940450798 |
| Author: | Frederick Douglass, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1126 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 1994 |
| Weight: | 709g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 131mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Library of America (Hardcover) |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895) educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history.Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor,is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Gates has authored or coauthored twenty-one books and created fifteen documentary films.
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