The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader

by Frederick Douglass

Book Overview

The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader collects in one volume the most outstanding and representative work from Frederick Douglass's fifty-year writing career, including all the major genres in which he worked: autobiography, journalism, oratory, and fiction. The Reader contains the following classic texts in their entirety: the landmark fugitive slave narrative Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845); the consummate anti-slavery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195091183
• ISBN13: 9780195091182
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Most interesting read.

PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN here, Fascinating introduction, much better than it's competitors.Great read. PETER TEIMAN FRANKLIN, Sweden

Beautiful Writing

This was a wonderfully edited version of some of the best writing Douglass ever wrote. The introduction is excellent and the intros to the excerpts of some of his letters and editorials are very informative. One of the best Frederick Douglass books I have ever read.