- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Clarion Books (19 Jun 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0547385625
- ISBN-13: 978-0547385624
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 24.8 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,214,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Informative and Engaging Account of a Powerful Friendship
17 May 2012
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Newbery Medal winner, Russell Freedman, does a fine job of portraying the powerful friendship and parallel lives of two men who shaped American history. One man an American president, the other a leading black abolitionist--one working to preserve the Union, the other urging freedom for all--influenced the course of the Civil War.
The book opens on August 10, 1963 with Frederick Douglass walking into the White House unannounced, hoping to meet with President Lincoln. Freedman then brings the reader back to the birth of Frederick Douglass and through his earlier life. The history of Lincoln is also shared. Lincoln's "A House Divided" speech is highlighted, along with historical events that would lead to his election in 1860. Readers are quickly brought through the pivotal events of the Civil War, Lincoln's re-election and assassination, and the remainder of Douglass' life.
While some of the historical photographs might be too graphic for the youngest targeted readers, this is a superb book about the conflict and these two men who met only a handful of times, but who deeply respected each other and left their mark on the nation's history.
The book opens on August 10, 1963 with Frederick Douglass walking into the White House unannounced, hoping to meet with President Lincoln. Freedman then brings the reader back to the birth of Frederick Douglass and through his earlier life. The history of Lincoln is also shared. Lincoln's "A House Divided" speech is highlighted, along with historical events that would lead to his election in 1860. Readers are quickly brought through the pivotal events of the Civil War, Lincoln's re-election and assassination, and the remainder of Douglass' life.
While some of the historical photographs might be too graphic for the youngest targeted readers, this is a superb book about the conflict and these two men who met only a handful of times, but who deeply respected each other and left their mark on the nation's history.
Decent for younger, inquisitive, audiences
24 April 2012
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When I was a younger man... nay, not a man, but merely a young lad... well, I used to really, really enjoy reading. Back in the days when I had plenty of time on my hands and I could easily escape into another world/ time/ place just by sitting back and reading. I enjoyed all kinds of reading, but I especially enjoyed a series of books that my beloved paternal grandmother had bought for all of her grandchildren to enjoy. I don't remember the exact series titles, just something like "Easy Reader series" or something similar, but I remember those books as my favorite books to actually read and learn from. Each book covered a single subject/topic. There was one each for several different U.S. presidents, including JFK, Theodore Roosevelt, etc.
One of my favorites to read about, from that series, was Abraham Lincoln. I still consider him one of the greatest presidents the U.S. has ever had, so when this book showed up as one that I could obtain and review via the Vine program, well, it took me back and gave me a chance to re-experience my youth a little.
This is, at least in my opinion, a nice book to give to someone that is trying to learn about U.S. history, and especially history surrounding Lincoln and/or Frederick Douglass. It is a reasonable number of pages to plow through with large enough type to mean that the content tends to fly by when reading.
Certainly worth reading for anyone curious about Lincoln & Douglass, and hard not to recommend as a respectable addition to everyone's library, though more appropriate for younger readers as adults will likely look at this as a book aimed at younger people.
One of my favorites to read about, from that series, was Abraham Lincoln. I still consider him one of the greatest presidents the U.S. has ever had, so when this book showed up as one that I could obtain and review via the Vine program, well, it took me back and gave me a chance to re-experience my youth a little.
This is, at least in my opinion, a nice book to give to someone that is trying to learn about U.S. history, and especially history surrounding Lincoln and/or Frederick Douglass. It is a reasonable number of pages to plow through with large enough type to mean that the content tends to fly by when reading.
Certainly worth reading for anyone curious about Lincoln & Douglass, and hard not to recommend as a respectable addition to everyone's library, though more appropriate for younger readers as adults will likely look at this as a book aimed at younger people.
Another winning book by Russell Freedman
21 April 2012
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Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for his 1989 book Lincoln: A Photobiography and he returns to familiar ground with this dual biography. He begins with Douglass and then alternates back and forth between the two men, highlighting important aspects of their lives and the areas that they had in common (such as being self-educated, self-made men).
The almost square shape of the book lends itself to pictures and Freedmen fills the book with drawings, etchings and photographs of the era, including the image I was particularly struk with - that of a "Watch Meeting." Thousands of people gathered together to await word of Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation (he had promised to do so several months earlier unless the Confederate States returned to the Union). I had no idea that such events occurred, but Freedman includes the image of one such meeting and makes the day and the event come alive as a point of intersection of these two lives.
The first time these men met was after the Proclamation was signed. Douglass was concerned about the African-Americans who were now permitted to join the regular army by the Emancipation Proclamation. He wanted to insure that they would really be able to join the fight, that they would receive the same pay as white soldiers and that they would be able to become officers. He and Lincoln talked for a long time and even though Douglass had sometimes been a bitter critic of Lincoln (he thought he moved too slowly on emancipation), he came away impressed. He and Lincoln seem to have gotten along quite well and Douglass left impressed. For his part, Lincoln told Douglass to come see him whenever he came to Washington, D.C.
Calling Lincoln and Douglass friends is, of course, an exaggeration. They got along well, they respected one another and, if there had been enough time, probably would have become friends. Sadly, the assassination of Lincoln makes that all just speculation. But, they certainly had an excellent friendly relationship and it always interesting to see how two towering figures of American history interacted with one another.
This is an excellent dual biography for students in middle school and upper elementary and certainly belongs in every school library and social studies classroom library that has students of that age.
The almost square shape of the book lends itself to pictures and Freedmen fills the book with drawings, etchings and photographs of the era, including the image I was particularly struk with - that of a "Watch Meeting." Thousands of people gathered together to await word of Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation (he had promised to do so several months earlier unless the Confederate States returned to the Union). I had no idea that such events occurred, but Freedman includes the image of one such meeting and makes the day and the event come alive as a point of intersection of these two lives.
The first time these men met was after the Proclamation was signed. Douglass was concerned about the African-Americans who were now permitted to join the regular army by the Emancipation Proclamation. He wanted to insure that they would really be able to join the fight, that they would receive the same pay as white soldiers and that they would be able to become officers. He and Lincoln talked for a long time and even though Douglass had sometimes been a bitter critic of Lincoln (he thought he moved too slowly on emancipation), he came away impressed. He and Lincoln seem to have gotten along quite well and Douglass left impressed. For his part, Lincoln told Douglass to come see him whenever he came to Washington, D.C.
Calling Lincoln and Douglass friends is, of course, an exaggeration. They got along well, they respected one another and, if there had been enough time, probably would have become friends. Sadly, the assassination of Lincoln makes that all just speculation. But, they certainly had an excellent friendly relationship and it always interesting to see how two towering figures of American history interacted with one another.
This is an excellent dual biography for students in middle school and upper elementary and certainly belongs in every school library and social studies classroom library that has students of that age.
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