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The president and the freedom fighter : Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

The president and the freedom fighter : Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul / Brian Kilmeade.

Kilmeade, Brian, (author,, narrator.).

Summary:
Abraham Lincoln was White, born impoverished on a frontier farm. Frederick Douglass was Black, a child of slavery who had risked his life escaping to freedom in the North. Neither man had a formal education, and neither had had an easy path to influence. No one would have expected them to become friends, or to transform the country. But Lincoln and Douglass believed in their nation's greatness. They were determined to make the grand democratic experiment live up to its ideals. Lincoln's problem: he knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? And would it be possible to get rid of slavery while keeping America's Constitution intact? Douglass said no, that the Constitution was irredeemably corrupted by slavery, and he wanted Lincoln to move quickly. Sharing little more than the conviction that slavery was wrong, the two men's paths eventually converged. Over the course of the Civil War, they'd endure bloodthirsty mobs, feverish conspiracies, devastating losses on the battlefield, and a growing firestorm of unrest that would culminate on the fields of Gettysburg. 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593457122
  • ISBN: 0593457129
  • Physical Description: 7 audio discs (6 hr., 44 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Penguin Audio, [2021]

Content descriptions

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Title from web page.
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by the author.
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Friends and associates.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > History > 1849-1877.
Genre: Audiobooks.
Biographies.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library TALKING BOOKS 973.7092 KILMEADE (Text) 50686016119310 Adult Audio Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 973.7 KIL Audiobook (Text) 34001001405404 Audio Area Available -
Glatfelter Memorial Library Adults 973.7 KIL Audiobook (Text) 34216000923674 Audio Area Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) AUDIO 973.7092 KILMEADE 7-CDS (Text)
Endowment: Mary H. Swope Named Endowment, 2021
35740635798937 Audiobook Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 973.709 K558p 7 CDs (Text) 33062009531907 Audiobook CD Nonfiction Available -
Hughes Library CD 973.7092 KIL (Text) 32378005091717 Adult Audiobook Available -

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