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Genre/Form: | Biographies History Juvenile works Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature Biography Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Named Person: | Abraham Lincoln; Frederick Douglass; Frederick Douglass; Abraham Lincoln; Frederick Douglass; Abraham Lincoln; Frederick Douglass; Abraham Lincoln |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Russell Freedman |
ISBN: | 0544668278 9780544668270 |
OCLC Number: | 913924189 |
Notes: | "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012"--Title page verso. |
Awards: | Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Tween Nonfiction) 2015 |
Description: | 119 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Other Titles: | Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass |
Responsibility: | Russell Freedman. |
Abstract:
Newbery Medal winner Russell Freedman recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of race relations and politics.
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