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Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln


Book Description
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning HarvardUniversity scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themse... More
Book Information
PublisherTwelve Books, Hachette Book Group
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages720
ISBN-10B005ZO83E6
Publication Date11/03/2008
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About John Stauffer (Author) : John Stauffer is credited in . A published credit of John Stauffer is My Bondage and My Freedom (Modern Library Classics).
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4/19/2010 Peni Griffin said: Back to the library books! Who knew these two had so much in common?
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