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Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship / Russell Freedman.
A clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history.
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- ISBN: 9780547385624 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0547385625 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: 119 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [108]-109) and index. |
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| Subject: | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Presidents > United States > Biography. African American abolitionists > Biography. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- Baker & Taylor
A Newbery Medal winner recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African-American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of the race relations and politics of the time. Includes 70 archival photographs. 30,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of the race relations and politics of the time. - HARPERCOLL
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 self-taught, both great readers and believers in the importance of literacy, both men born poor who by their own efforts reached positions of power and prominenceâLincoln as president of the United States and Douglass as the most famous and influential African American of his time. Though their meetings were few and brief, their exchange of ideas helped to end the Civil War, reunite the nation, and abolish slavery. Includes bibliography, source notes, and index. - HoughtonNewbery Medal winner Russell Freedman recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass narrated against the backdrop of Civil War-era race relations and politics. Includes 70 archival photographs.
- HoughtonFrom 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 self-taught, both great readers and believers in the importance of literacy, both men born poor who by their own efforts reached positions of power and prominence—Lincoln as president of the United States and Douglass as the most famous and influential African American of his time. Though their meetings were few and brief, their exchange of ideas helped to end the Civil War, reunite the nation, and abolish slavery. Includes bibliography, source notes, and index.
- HoughtonFrom 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 self-taught, both great readers and believers in the importance of literacy, both men born poor who by their own efforts reached positions of power and prominence'Lincoln as president of the United States and Douglass as the most famous and influential African American of his time. Though their meetings were few and brief, their exchange of ideas helped to end the Civil War, reunite the nation, and abolish slavery. Includes bibliography, source notes, and index.
- HoughtonNewbery Medal winner Russell Freedman recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass narrated against the backdrop of Civil War-era race relations and politics. Includes 70 archival photographs.