The president and the freedom fighter : Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul /
Material type: TextPublisher: [New York] : Sentinel, [2021]Description: xii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525540571
- 0525540571
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Friends and associates
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- 1849-1877
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
- Abolitionists
- Friendship
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Slavery -- Law and legislation
- Slaves -- Emancipation
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877
- United States -- History -- 1849-1877
- United States
- 973.7092 23
- E457.2 .K49 2021
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Brian Kilmeade tells the little-known story of how Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass moved from strong disagreement to friendship, uniting over their love for the Constitution and over their surprising commonalities. Both came from destitution. Both were self-educated and self-made men. Both had fought hard for what they believed in. As he did in George Washington's Secret Six, Kilmeade has transformed this nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out how these two men changed each other.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preamble -- From the bottom up -- A fighting chance -- Self-made men -- On the road -- Where there is smoke -- A subterranean passway -- The divided house -- The election of 1860 -- Mr. Lincoln's war -- War in the West -- To proclaim or not to proclaim -- Turning point at Gettysburg -- A Black visitor to the White House -- The mission of the war -- My friend Douglass -- April is the cruelest month -- Epilogue. A bone-handled cane.
"Upon his election as President of the troubled United States, Abraham Lincoln faced a dilemma. He knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? Many abolitionists wanted Lincoln to move quickly, overturning the founding documents along the way. But Lincoln believed there was a way to extend equality to all while keeping and living up to the Constitution that he loved so much-if only he could buy enough time. Fortunately for Lincoln, Frederick Douglass agreed with him-or at least did eventually. In The President and the Freedom Fighter, Brian Kilmeade tells the little-known story of how the two men moved from strong disagreement to friendship, uniting over their love for the Constitution and over their surprising commonalities. Both came from destitution. Both were self-educated and self-made men. Both had fought hard for what they believed in. And though Douglass had the harder fight, one for his very freedom, the two men shared a belief that the American dream was for everyone. As he did in George Washington's Secret Six, Kilmeade has transformed this nearly forgotten slice of history into a dramatic story that will keep you turning the pages to find out how these two heroes, through their principles and patience, not only changed each other, but made America truly free for all"--
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Brian Kilmeade was born on May 7, 1964. He graduated from C. W. Post in Long Island, New York in 1986. He started his career in journalism as a freelance sports anchor and covered the NewYork/New Jersey Metro-Stars soccer team. He is the author of The Games Do Count: America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports, It's How You Play the Game, George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History, and Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle that Shaped America's Destiny. He is currently a co-host of Fox's morning show, Fox and Friends.(Bowker Author Biography)
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