The president and the freedom fighter Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2021].
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 411 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Niceville - Large print biographyLP 920 KilmeadeOn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343] - 377) and index.
Description
"In The President and the Freedom Fighter, Brian Kilmeade tells the little-known story of how two American heroes moved from strong disagreement to friendship, and in the process changed the entire course of history. Abraham Lincoln was White, born impoverished on a frontier farm. Frederick Douglass was Black, a child of slavery who had risked his life escaping to freedom in the North. Neither man had a formal education, and neither had had an easy path to influence. No one would have expected them to become friends--or to transform the country. But Lincoln and Douglass believed in their nation's greatness. They were determined to make the grand democratic experiment live up to its ideals. Lincoln's problem: he knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? And would it be possible to get rid of slavery while keeping America's Constitution intact? Douglass said no, that the Constitution was irredeemably corrupted by slavery--and he wanted Lincoln to move quickly. Sharing little more than the conviction that slavery was wrong, the two men's paths eventually converged. Over the course of the Civil War, they'd endure bloodthirsty mobs, feverish conspiracies, devastating losses on the battlefield, and a growing firestorm of unrest that would culminate on the fields of Gettysburg."--Amazon.com.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kilmeade, B. (2021). The president and the freedom fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kilmeade, Brian. 2021. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul. Random House Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kilmeade, Brian. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul Random House Large Print, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kilmeade, Brian. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.