Douglass in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates /

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Imprint:Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Writers in their own time
Writers in their own time.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645221
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Other authors / contributors:Ernest, John, editor.
ISBN:9781609382896
1609382897
9781609382803
1609382803
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:One of the most incredible stories in American history is that of Frederick Douglass, the man who escaped from slavery and rose to become one of the most celebrated and eloquent orators, writers, and public figures in the world. He first committed his story to writing in his 1845 autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Over the course of his life, he would expand on his story considerably, writing two other autobiographies, My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, as well as innumerable newspaper articles and editorials and orati.
Other form:Print version: Douglass in his own time 9781609382803