Booker T. Washington: Volume 2: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915

by Louis R. Harlan

Book Overview

The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington was published to wide acclaim and won the 1973 Bancroft Prize. This, the second volume, completes one of the most significant biographies of this generation.Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time, and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a ruthless power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195032020
• ISBN13: 9780195032024
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"