Frederick Douglass

The "brilliant . . . thoroughly engrossing"* biography of one of the giants of nineteenth-century American life. *Washington Post Book World

Former slave, orator, journalist, autobiographer, revolutionary on behalf of a just America, Frederick Douglass was a towering figure, at once consummately charismatic and flawed. In this compelling biography, fresh and incisive in its research and interpretation, William S. McFeely captures the many sides of this great and complex American and recreates the high drama of a turbulent era.

"What a time. What a book . . . an engaging and well written work of literature." —Ishmael Reed, front-page review, Los Angeles Times Book Review

1995 / paperback / ISBN 0-393-31376-X / Photographs / 480 pages / BIOGRAPHY

• "A masterpiece . . . . will rightfully assume its place as the standard biography of a truly great figure in the nation's past." —New York Newsday