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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Grade 9 Up-This classic text in both American literature and American history is read by Pete Papageorge with deliberation and simplicity, allowing the author's words to bridge more than 160 years to today's listeners. Following a stirring preface by William Lloyd Garrison (who, nearly 20 years after he first met Douglass, would himself lead the black troops fighting from the North in the Civil War), the not-yet-30-year-old author recounts his life's story, showing effective and evocative use of language as well as unflinchingly examining many aspects of the Peculiar Institution of American Slavery. Douglass attributes his road to freedom as beginning with his being sent from the Maryland plantation of his birth to live in Baltimore as a young boy. There, he learned to read and, more importantly, learned the power of literacy. In early adolescence, he was returned to farm work, suffered abuse at the hands of cruel overseers, and witnessed abuse visited on fellow slaves. He shared his knowledge of reading with a secret "Sunday school" of 40 fellow slaves during his last years of bondage. In his early 20's, he ran away to the North and found refuge among New England abolitionists. Douglass, a reputed orator, combines concrete description of his circumstances with his own emerging analysis of slavery as a condition. This recording makes his rich work available to those who might feel encumbered by the printed page and belongs as an alternative in all school and public library collections.
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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In the most seminal slave narrative ever written, Frederick Douglas writes, "From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom." Reading this narrative is to witness the birth of new literary presence, one that counts W.E.B. Du Bois. Ralph Ellison, Angela Davis, and Toni Morrison among its progeny.
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"I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland." Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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I expected this book to be rather historical in nature and probably pretty boring- but I was pleasantly suprised to find it to be a definite page-turner! This book offers valuable insight into what slavery was truly like for Douglass and many others of his time. His account is heart-wrenching. I definitely suggest this book.
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This is one of the most lucid, absorbing autobiographies I've read; that it has much to say about American history, specifically the institution of slavery, only adds to its luster. It is remarkable that someone born into slavery could learn to write as well as virtually any "man of letters" in his era. Despite Douglass' unhappy lot (or maybe because of it), he managed to acquire a great deal of insight into the people, white and black, around him. Douglass convincingly depicts how the institution of slavery damages both oppressed and oppressor--it dehumanizes the former and brings out the cruelest qualities of the latter. (A hundred years later, Martin Luther King would say much the same about the practice of segregration.) There is much anger in the Narrative--but also a wise and noble spirit. Compulsively readable, this book is still very much "relevant" today, and I can hardly imagine a time in which people will no longer wish to read it.
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This book gives an interesting insight on the life of an American slave. The well written autobiography is an essential piece of American literature.
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An insightful and powerful portrail of humanity's many sides
What at first glance appears to be a gripping story of the evils of slavery and the excitement and thrill of the battle against and escape from those evils, on second glance... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
A damning Tale of Evil in America
This is a difficult book to read because the evil that slavery entails. The oppression of anyone is an evil that must be overcome. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Oktober 1999 von George Schaefer
A must read for all americans
Everyone in America who has at least a high school diploma has a vague sense of who Frederick Douglass was, and maybe something about his connection to the Underground Railroad. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. September 1999 von timothy k. Iverson
This moving story creates an empathy for negro slaves.
This book was moving and a good summer reading book for students like myself in high school.
Am 1. September 1999 veröffentlicht
1sthand account of the evils of this "peculiar institution"
This is a great book, and I feel everyone should read it. Iwasn't forced to read, but I chose to read it on my own in order tobetter understand the nation's injustices. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. August 1999 von Katie (k8enmatt@aol.com)
compare with Dr. King
Compare this book with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"--the parallels are ineresting and informative.
Am 19. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Outstanding read
I Read Douglass for an assignment in my college U.S. History class, and was almost dreading opening this book afraid that Douglass would blame every white person for his torment. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
This narrative book of Frederick Douglass was very interesting. It talked about the slaves in the 1800's. Mostly it was about him and how he lived during the years. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
A wonderfull inspiring book
This is a wonderfull inspiring book that shows the true nature of the human spirit, yet is completely ruined if you are forced to read it as part of a class assighnment. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. April 1999 veröffentlicht
An important, tragic, thought-provoking book.
I must confess I first picked up this biography last year as part of an assignment for my AP United States History class because of its relatively short length. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
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