Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

by Russell Freedman

Book Overview

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 prominence--Lincoln as president of the United States...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547385625
• ISBN13: 9780547385624
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7