![]() And throughout this thirty-one chapter epic there are countless gripping moments certain to fascinate, illuminate and enlighten. Readers hoping to encounter the vibrant scene-setting often found in biographies by McCullough or Chernow will discover that this author’s style is more reminiscent of a relatively concise Robert Caro.īlight’s account of Douglass’s early life as a slave and his escape to freedom at the age of twenty-one will capture the attention of everyone, however. ![]() ![]() This book is far more history than biography and the 764-page narrative demands an uncommon degree of focus and perseverance. Readers expecting a colorful and carefree journey through Douglass’s life are likely to be disappointed, however. What resulted is a weighty, thorough, meticulously thoughtful and incredibly penetrating analysis of Frederick Douglass’s life and times. He has written a half-dozen books focused on the Civil War and its aftermath.īlight’s biography was catalyzed by the author’s lifelong interest in Douglass and his access to a collection of privately-held documents covering the last decades of his subject’s life. ![]() Blight is Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. David Blight’s “ Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” was published in 2018 and received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2019. ![]()
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