| Contents |
A soul to aspire -- One the world over -- Ships upon a stormy sea -- The voice of inspiration -- No time for us to leave the country -- We are all liberated -- A new world -- Promises in your constitution -- Leaf from a living tree -- Author's note -- "Frederick Douglass" by Robert Hayden -- Time line -- Notes -- Selected sources. |
| Abstract |
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Bolden sheds light on new research and interpretations of one of America's most influential African Americans. She focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon. In chronicling his shortcomings and the low points in his life as well as his victories, Bolden creates a portrait of this relentless warrior as a speaker, a once-enslaved abolitionist, but most importantly, as a human being. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Audience |
1140 Lexile |
| Study program note |
Accelerated Reader AR |
| Awards note | School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 |
| Awards note | Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 |
| Awards note | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Book, 2019 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2017009962 |
| ISBN | 9781419725463 (hardcover with jacket ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1419725467 |
