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by: Frederick Douglass
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.8092
EAN: 9780743487771
ISBN: 074348777X
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: October 26, 2004
Publisher: Pocket
Sales Rank: 321686
Studio: Pocket
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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED
BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Frederick Douglass's powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage and his triumphant escape to freedom.
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• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
• A chronology of the author's life and work
• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
• Detailed explanatory notes
• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
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Rating: - narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave, Written by Himself
I ordered this book for my daughter,for college. She is very pleased with it.
Rating: - A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a social thinker in his time. The book was
first published in 1845 by the Anti-Slavery Office. A memorable
quote is presented:
" I was born in Tuckahoe near Hillsborough and about 12 miles
from Easton in Talbot County, MD. I have no accurate knowledge of my
age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
By far, the larger part of slaves know as little of their ages,
as horses know of theirs and it is the wish of most masters ... Read More
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