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Frederick Douglass : the lion who wrote history / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Summary:

Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060277092
  • ISBN: 9780060277093
  • Physical Description: 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Grades K to 3.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.6 0.5 188337.
Subject:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 33 of 33 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 33 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library JUV BIO DOU (Text) 37810435492896 Juvenile Biography Available -
Old Fort Branch Library JUV BIO DOU (Text) 37810435493449 Juvenile Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library JB DOUGLASS (Text) 39493108301906 Juvenile Biography Available -
Black Mountain Library jB DOUGLASS (Text) 0020511338541 Juvenile Biography Available -
Charles H. Stone Memorial Library JB DOUGLASS (Text) 40599001024812 Juvenile Biography Available -
Cliffdale Library JB DOUGLASS (Text) 31781062003239 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
East Asheville Library jB DOUGLASS (Text) 0020511338558 Juvenile Biography Available -
East Regional Library JB DOUGLASS (Text) 31781062003254 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Edneyville Branch DOUGLASS (Text) 33258008163318 Juvenile Biography Available -
Etowah Branch DOUGLASS (Text) 33258008163326 Juvenile Biography Available -

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Summary: Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."