Bibliograph

Abraham lincoln and frederick douglass, The Story Behind an American Friendship., Russell Freedman

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Abraham lincoln and frederick douglass, The Story Behind an American Friendship., Russell Freedman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

410, Lexile8.3, ATOS Level

resource.interestGradeLevel

MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abraham lincoln and frederick douglass

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 7

Responsibility statement

Russell Freedman

Sub title

The Story Behind an American Friendship.

Summary

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 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

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