Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books)
The inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time.This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African American figures in American history. Douglass spent his life advocating for the equality...
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The inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time.This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African American figures in American history. Douglass spent his life advocating for the equality of all, and it was through reading that he was able to stand up for himself and others. Award-winning husband-wife team Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome present a moving and captivating look at the young life of the inspirational man who said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781416959038 (1416959033)
ASIN: 1416959033
Publish date: 2012-01-03
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Another small slice, a chapter of a biography. I enjoy these where the authors spend the time and space in the book to focus on a moment of interest: in this one on just how Douglass learned to read and write and how this made him 'unfit to be a slave.' This is one of few biographies I have read so ...
The powerful and inspiring story of how words literally set Frederick Douglass free. Not crazy about the use of first-person narrative for a biography.
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 by Lesa Cline-Ransome, now listed on BookLikes)